[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Unable to start a C++-Project

[Mikhail.Sennikovsky@xxxxxxxxx (Sennikovsky, Mikhail)]

Hi Sebastian,

> From your initial post I see that you were using eclipse 3.0 with CDT 3.0, 
which is incorrect since these versions of eclipse and CDT are not 
compatible with each other. I guess this was the initial source of your 
problem with inability to use CDT.
Here is a brief "CDT<->eclipse compatibility" list:
CDT 3.1 requires eclipse 3.2
CDT 3.0.x requires eclipse 3.1.x
CDT 2.x requires eclipse 3.0.x

I strongly encourage you to use the latest versions of CDT and eclipse, 
i.e. eclipse 3.2 and CDT 3.1

Since you have an x86_64 OS, you have two options:
1. use 32 bit version (x86) of java and eclipse+CDT
2. use 64 bit version (x86_64) of java and eclipse+CDT

As I understand, you have 32 bit version of java already installed, so the 
first (32 bit) way might be easier for you, though you might encounter 
some potential problems with debugging 64 bit applications with your 
32-bit CDT.

In any way, let me briefly describe the steps needed for setting up both 
32 bit and 64 bit environment for you:

32 bit:

Since you already have the 32 bit java installed, to setup a 32 bit 
eclipse+CDT environment you only need to download the 32 bit version of 
those products:
Eclipse 3.2 Linux (x86/GTK 2): 
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.2-200606291905/download.php?dropFile=eclipse-SDK-3.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz
CDT 3.1 Linux/x86 
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/tools/cdt/releases/callisto/dist/3.1.0/org.eclipse.cdt-3.1.0-linux.x86.tar.gz

After downloading those packages you will need to unpack them into one and 
the same directory. 
After unpacking you will have the ?eclipse? directory created in the 
directory to which you unpacked the packages. The installation is complete 
now. You can go the ?eclipse? directory and launch ?eclipse? executable 
located in that directory.

64 bit:

You will need to install the x86_64 version of java (see e.g. 
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp for SUN JDK 5.0 download)

You will as well need x86_64 versions of eclipse and CDT:
Eclipse 3.2 Linux (x86_64/GTK 2) 
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.2-200606291905/download.php?dropFile=eclipse-SDK-3.2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
CDT 3.1 Linux/x86_64 
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/tools/cdt/releases/callisto/dist/3.1.0/org.eclipse.cdt-3.1.0-linux.x86_64.tar.gz

Use the same instructions for Eclipse+CDT installation as listed above for 
the 32 bit version install.

Regards,
Mikhail