After that, you should type C/C++ Development Tools in the search filter field, below the Work with field. In my case, the option was named 'Indigo - '.

In the latest Eclipse, the field name is named Work with and you should select the latest Eclipse version there. The first thing is to tell Eclipse from where do you want to download and install stuff. When the new dialog window shows, you'll have to do 2 things. The usual way to do this is to start the Eclipse and go to the Help - Install New Software menu option. Install 'Eclipse CDT project plugin' (C/C++ Development Tools) Also, you can close the Welcome tab, to be able to see the workspace behind it. You can also switch between workspaces if you work for example in Java, Lua, PHP, or C++ (as I do) and that way you can organize your projects better, by making separate directories for each programming language, with subdirectories for each new project you work on. This directory will contain your future projects in subdirectories. After you start the Eclipse for the first time, it will ask you for the workspace directory. That way developers, who already have Eclipse installed with Java, C++, Lua, PHP, or custom addons, can just skip this first step and continue, without the need to search on Google how to do all this without breaking their currently installed version of Eclipse.Īfter uncompressing (usually with tar xzf ), you can simply enter the eclipse directory (with cd eclipse) and run the Eclipse (usually using. Some of you might say 'Oh, you could download 'Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers' all in one installation', but the point is a lot of developers are already using their own version of Eclipse, with various plugins/addons installed, so it is better to show in this tutorial how to do all that in the modular way. How to setup Eclipse IDE for FFmpeg development Eclipse Classic

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