Today i downloaded the latest installer(eclipse-inst-linux64.tar.gz) of eclipse from the official website and i installed in my system. now i want to create a shortcut to launch the program. how can i do that ? if i double click on the eclipse file which is selected as the screenshot i am able to launch the program, someone help me to create a shortcut 
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You can create a .desktop file:
$ cd Desktop
$ touch eclipse.desktop
Open it with your favorite text editor (gedit, for example):
$ gedit eclipse.desktop
Add this to that file:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Name of your application
Icon=/path/to/icon
Exec=/path/to/application
Finally, make it executable:
$ chmod u+x eclipse.desktop
Final result should be something like:
You can create an application launcher in your panel:
1- Right click on your panel
2- Choose add to panel
3- Custom application Launcher
4- Then, add the path of the executable as a command and specify the icon and other metadata
The steps may differ slightly on your desktop environment but the idea is the same.
If you want an actual link on desktop or somewhere else:
1- Right click on the executable
2- make link (or similar option)
3- And rename/move the link as you like
or using the command line
ln -s YOUR_EXECUTABLE_PATH YOUR_LINK_PATH
Or you can create a desktop entry to add a launcher to your menu and here's how: https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1504
