4. Installing CDT in Eclipse 3.3

1. If it is not already running, launch Eclipse. Choose a workspace, and if necessary, close the "Introduction to Eclipse" window that appears the first time your run Eclipse. Then select Help->Software Updates->Find and Install...:
2. A dialog box will appear allowing you to specify features to be updated. Select the "Search for new features to install" radio button; then click the Next button:
3. A dialog box will appear displaying update sites to visit. Select the "Europa Discovery Site" check box; then click the Finish button:
4. A dialog box will appear allowing you to select the server from which to download CDT. If you are on-campus at Calvin, select the mirror.calvin.edu; otherwise, select the server that is geographically nearest you; then click the OK button:
5. In the next dialog box, click the + next to "Europa Discovery site to reveal the packages available there.
6. Click the C and C++ Development checkbox; then click the Next button:
7. The next dialog box displays the licensing agreement. Read it carefully; then select the I accept the terms... radio button; and click the Next button:
8. The next dialog box is the last one. Click the Finish button and wait for the installation to finish. (Better yet, read your Data Structures textbook while you wait.)
9. At some point during the install, Eclipse will ask you to verify that you want to install these components. Tell Eclipse that you do indeed want to install them.
10. After the installation, Eclipse will ask you if you want to restart your workspace. Click the Yes button, and Eclipse will restart itself.
11. Congratulations! You've just installed CDT!

By default, Eclipse starts up in the Java perspective. However, you should now be able to create C or C++ projects in Eclipse, just like we do in lab, which will cause Eclipse to change to the C/C++ perspective.

If you want to tidy up your desktop, you can safely discard any/all of the files and folders we downloaded to your Desktop during these steps.

Have fun!