1. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 1 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Getting Eclipse for C/C++ Development Go to www.eclipse.org and click on Download Eclipse:www.eclipse.org Select the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ development: Download the distribution: Unzip the distribution in an appropriate location. If you’ve already got Eclipse for Java installed, I recommend placing this in a different directory tree, say eclipsecpp.

2. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 2 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Creating a C Project for Cygwin Start Eclipse

3. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 3 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Creating a C Project for Cygwin Start Eclipse and select File/New/C Project:

4. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 4 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Creating a C Project for Cygwin Enter a name for your Eclipse project… choose a location for it if you like… and select Empty Project. Click on Next…

5. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 5 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Creating a C Project for Cygwin Click on Advanced settings…

6. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 6 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Configuring the C Project Expand the C/C++ Build tree, select Settings, and select Cygwin C Compiler… In the Command text box, enter gcc-4 as shown…

7. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 7 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Configuring the C Project Select Miscellaneous and edit the Other flags box to include –std=c99 :

8. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 8 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Configuring the C Project Select Cygwin C Linker… in the Command text box, enter gcc-4 as shown… Click OK… and then Finish…

9. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 9 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Adding a C Source File The Eclipse project has been created… now it’s time to add a source file:

10. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 10 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Adding a C Source File Choose a name the source file: You can leave the Template setting alone, or experiment with it as you like…

11. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 11 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Adding a C Source File Now you’ve got a nearly-empty source file:

12. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 12 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Editing the Source File Add the source code as shown below:

13. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 13 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Performing a Build Use the Project menu or click on the build button (the hammer icon):

14. Setting up Eclipse Computer Organization I 14 CS@VT August 2009 ©2009 McQuain Checking the Build Results Select the Console window and view the results of the build: The given source code was designed to test whether you’ve configured the project properly. If not, the build will fail, since it requires compatibility with the C99 Standard.