Click on 'New remote site' and fill in the URL of the CDT (C/C++ Development Tools for Eclipse). Go to 'Help->Software Updates->Find and Install', tell Eclipse to look for new features. Since we want to use wxWidgets, we need C++ support. At first, eclipse only includes Java support.Read them if you want(Strongly Suggested.), and when you're finished close them, you will be at the main Eclipse window. It will ask you for a directory to save projects in, and then will show some nice tutorials. Just unpack the file to a folder, and start the executable (unsurprisingly named 'eclipse'). Eclipse doesn't require any special installation.It's a 80 MB download or so, so be patient until it finishes. The exact name for the linux version filename is, this of course will change depending on your OS and version, but will give you an idea of the file you have to download. There're quite a few different downloads, the one you want is labeled as Eclipse SDK.

Here you can choose one of the following installation methods: For that matter, if you'd like an IDE which is made with wxWidgets itself and doesn't eat that much RAM, be sure to check out Code::Blocks IDE or Chinook IDE. As I have only 256 MB of RAM my system is hard to use as it access my HD each time I switch tasks. Note that even if the eclipse IDE is nice to use and has many features it is written in Java and therefore it eats your RAM! On my win2k/XP system it usually needs > 100 MB of RAM. The main Eclipse download comes with only the plugin for Java development, but I will explain here the steps required to configure Eclipse as a C++ development platform, and to setup a project for a wxWidgets application. Supported languages can be configured and installed using a plugin framework. Using Eclipse with pre-built wxWidgets librariesĮclipse is an open, extensible IDE not targeted for any specific language or environment. 3 Building wxWidgets libraries with Eclipse.1 Using Eclipse with pre-built wxWidgets libraries.

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