How to setup Eclipse for C/C++, MinGW and CUTE plugin

Setting Up Eclipse

• First we need to download Eclipse. Open this link and click on "Windows 32-bit" or "Windows 64-bit" according to your system.
• After you download the .zip, extract it and place the eclipse folder somewhere you like. I placed mine in C:\Program Files\Eclipse. Here's a screen:

Setting Up MinGW

• Download MinGW from the link below:
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/latest/download?source=files
• Run the installer. Press "Install" and then "Continue".
• The MinGW Installation Manager should now open. Click on "Basic Setup" on the left side of the window. Then look for "mingw32-base", click on the check box and select "Mark for Installation". Also mark "mingw32-gcc-g++" (Class "bin" and "dev") for Installation.
• On the main menu bar, click on "Installation" menu and select "Apply Changes". Wait for it to finish.
• When it is done, you should have something like this:

• Right-click "My Computer" and select "Properties". Click on "Advanced System Settings". Press "Environment Variables..." and add a new user variable named "Path" and with the location of MinGW bin folder on its value. You should have something like this:

Setting Up CUTE plugin

• Open Eclipse. If prompted on where to store your workspace, browse to the folder where you want to keep your projects.
• On the main menu bar, click on "Help" menu and select "Install New Software..."

 

• Click "Add..."
• Fill in the forms:
• Name: CUTE
• Location: http://www.cute-test.com/updatesite
• Press OK.
• Now select:
• CUTE Optional Features
• CUTE Plugin

• Press "Next" twice, select "I accept (...)" and then press "Finish". When it is done it will prompt you to restart Eclipse.

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And that concludes this tutorial.

Hope it helped you!

Henrique Ferrolho