CDT overview

The C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT) is a set of Eclipse plug-ins that provide C and C++ extensions to the Eclipse workbench. For more information about Eclipse, see Workbench User Guide > Concepts > Workbench.

The CDT provides a C/C++ IDE that simplifies many of the same tools that you can use from the command line. The CDT can also communicate with many external utilities and interpret their responses, such as:

• Build (such as make).
• Compile (such as gcc). For more information, see http://gcc.gnu.org.
• Debug (such as gdb). For more information, see http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/.

The CDT opens as the C/C++ perspective of the Eclipse workbench. The C/C++ perspective consists of an editor and the following views:

• The C/C++ Projects view lists all C/C++ projects.
• The Navigator view lists all Eclipse projects.
• The Tasks view lists items such as tasks, compiler warnings and errors.
• The C-Build view displays the output from make.
• The Properties view lists the properties of a file that has been selected in the C/C++ Projects view or the Navigator view.
• The Outline view lists file components.

For more information, see Workbench User Guide > Concepts > Perspectives.

Additional information

Refer to http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ for additional information about the CDT project, including the following resources:

•  CDT newsgroups: Ask questions on how to use the CDT.
•  User FAQ: View answers to the most common questions about using the CDT.
•  Developer FAQ: View answers to the most common questions about building and extending the CDT.
•  CDT community web: Learn about plug-ins and tools developed by and for the CDT community.

CDT updates

The Install/Update perspective provides information about your current Eclipse installation and provides the framework to manage your updates. For more information, see Workbench User Guide > Tasks > Updating features with the update manager.

To view a list of the updates available for the toolsets that you installed, click Help > Software Updates > New Updates.

License

The CDT is an open source project and is licensed under the Common Public License.

Working with existing code
What's new

Updating the CDT
Defining project properties

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