Configure your eclipse for C++

July 7, 2013

This is small sample of how to use eclipse for c++.

There are two ways to use eclipse for C++.

1) Download Eclipse CDT : It is separate eclipse only for C/C++.
2) Download C++ Plugin in you existing eclipse.

I recommend you to download separate Eclipse CDT.

Download from here : http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/

After downloading eclipse CDT you need to download C++ compiler.

I am using MinGW compiler with eclipse. There are some other compiler like : cygwin

You need to install MinGW compiler in your pc.
Download MinGW from here : http://www.mingw.org/

After installing MinGW you need to set environment variable (MINGW_HOME) in you pc.

Name of variable is MINGW_HOME and set MinGW install directory as a path (Example : C:MinGW).

All are set and now you can open your eclipse CDT.

Create new C++ project.

Goto File > New > C++ Project.

Small popup will open. Enter below details in it.

1) Enter your project name.
2) Select Project Type : Hello World C++ Project.
3) Select Toolchains: MinGW GCC.

Click on Next,Next and Finish.

Now final step before build your hello world project.

Right Click on your project and click on Properties.

Goto Project > Properties > C/C++ Build > Settings > Tool Settings (Tab) > MinGW C++ Linker (Option) > Add Command (g++ -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++) (default command is only g++)

Right click on your project select Build Project option.

It will generate some output in console.

23:43:15 **** Rebuild of configuration Debug for project omtcppexample ****
Info: Internal Builder is used for build
g++ -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -o “src\omtcppexample.o” “..\src\omtcppexample.cpp”
g++ -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -o omtcppexample.exe “src\omtcppexample.o”

23:43:17 Build Finished (took 1s.596ms)

Again Right Click on your project and Run as > Local C/C++ Application.

Output :
!!!Hello World!!!