CDT overview

The C/C++ development tool (CDT) is a set of Eclipse plugins that provide a C/C++ development environment on the Eclipse platform. For more information on Eclipse, see Workbench User Guide > Concepts > Workbench.

The CDT provides a graphical interface for many of the same tools that you use from the command line. The CDT communicates with, and interprets messages from, utilities that include:

• 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 is launched 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 on the CDT project, including:

•  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 plugins and tools developed by and for the CDT community.

CDT updates

The Install/Update perspective provides information on your current Eclipse installation and lets you manage 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 have installed, click Help > Software Updates > New Updates .

Working with existing code
What's new

Updating the CDT
Defining project properties

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