Overview
This instructions help you get started using Eclipse and the CDT to develop C++ systems under Windows.
Many Thanks To
After many tries and false paths, I finally got a fully working environment fairly easily. Thank you to Doug Schaefer (Twitter), Eclipse CDT Project Lead.
These instructions are essentially a duplication of: Wascana Eclipse C/C++ IDE for Windows Developers.
Steps
Note: If you install the 64-bit JDK, install the 64-bit Eclipse. Same with 32-bit.
- Install a JDK (this is to run Eclipse): Jdk 1.6 Install
- Download and install the Helios version of eclipse with the Eclipse CDT: Helios
- Add the wascana plugin from the following Eclipse update site: Wascana Update Site
- Start eclipse
- Go to
Help::Install New Software... - Paste
http://svn.codespot.com/a/eclipselabs.org/wascana/repo/in theWork with:box - Click
Add - In the dialog, provide a name (I used
wascana)) - Click
OK - Eventually you’ll see under the Name column in the middle of the dialog “Wascana C/C++ Developer Tools for Windows”
- Click the box next to it to make a check appear.
- Click
Next - When the Install Details window appears, click
Next - When the Review Licenses window appears, select the “I Accept the terms of the License Agreements” and click
Finish - After the update is downloaded, you’ll be asked to apply the updates. Do so by selecting
Restart Now.
That’s it, works quite well. This gives support for compiling and debugging C++ applications in Eclipse.
Verifying It Works
- Create a new C++ project
- Select the Hello World Template
- Build and run it, notice the output in the console window
- Debug it, you should see it pause just before beginning main()
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