Eclipse (with Cygwin & MinGW) setup for C Programming

Eclipse for C Programming

Before proceeding, I would advise a backup of your files and create a restore point.

-Download and Install Java JDK and JRE.

-Set the System Environment Variable Path for both the JDK-Bin and JRE-Bin.

-Download and Install CygWin at www.cygwin.com

-Download MinGW at www.mingw.org

-Select Basic setup and C++ compiler in MinGW. Install the MinGW selected packages.

-Download and Install Eclipse at www.eclipse.org

-Set your Eclipse environment (for CygWin and MinGW)

· In Eclipse – Window – Preferences – General – Workspace

Change Text file encoding: Other; UTF-8

New text file line delimiter: Other; Unix

Click OK

· C/C++ - New C/C++ Project

Change Toolchains: MinGW GCC

Click Make toolchain(s) preferred

Click OK

· File – New – C Project

Select MinGW GCC

· At Install/Update – Automatic Updates -

Remove “Automatically find new updates and notify me””

- Test the Eclipse IDE Environment

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