CAUTION: DATED!


INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS VISTA/ WINDOWS 7

- Eclipse Galileo (v 3.5) with CDT 6.0.x

  -- download from
     http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
     select "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers (79 MB)" for windows

     comes in a single zip-file as a subdirectory directory "eclipse",
     unpack and place it in "c:\Program Files"

- cygwin 1.5.x
  select "Install or update now" link from

    www.cygwin.com

  run setup. 

  - for the first several dialog boxes select default options as presented
  - select a university download site to get the packages from (they
    tend to be more reliable), I had luck with mirror.cs.vt.edu (it is
    in the list of download sites)
  - next dialog, lets you select packages, click on "devel" then click
    on packages as described in below. If there
    are several versions offered, select the highest.

  Make sure to select "development tools" in the installation
  Specifically, in the development tools you need to install
  the following packages (select the highest version of the
  package if multile ones are available):
     autoconf, automake, bunutils, g++, gdb, make, libtool

- Sun's JRE (java runtime environment) version 6
   http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

   click on Windows XP/Vista/2000/2003/2008

   I had better luck with the offline installation link

   you do not have to install Yahoo toolbar

- the first time eclipse starts, select to use default workspace,
  from welcome screen choose, go to workbench 

- install subclipse (subversion plugin)
  easiest is to install it from within eclipse
  go to "Help" --> "install new software"
  in the "work with" window put:

  http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x

  then select all packages to download

CONFIGURATION
  
- include c:\CygWin\bin in the "path" variable
  in Windows right click on "My Computer", select 
  "Properties" --> "Advanced System Settings" -->
  "Environment Variables", add the above path to the "path" variable
  
* new versions of cygwin do not have the compiler g++ and gcc properly named
  to rename:

  remove c:\cygwin\bin\g++.exe.lnk
  remove c:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe.lnk
  copy   c:\cygwin\bin\g++-3.exe to c:\cygwin\bin\g++.exe
  copy   c:\cygwin\bin\gcc-3.exe to c:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe

* Cygwin's GDB could not find source code. Here is the fix:

  http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/CDT/User/FAQ#I.27m_using_cygwin_and_when_launching_the_debugger.2C_it_complains_that_it_can.27t_find_the_source_file

* when debuger dialog box prompts you how to launch debugger, choose:

  "Standard create process launcher"

PROBLEMS

* eclipse may not like workspaces located in paths with spaces in them
  for example "c:\Documents and Settings\Workspace"

  consider creating a worspace without spaces. For example:
  in c:\EclipseWorkspace