
Go to the Eclipse download website and download Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers. Now it is time to download an install eclipse. This is important because this is the first folder where Eclipse will look for the compiler in your computer. Click on this link and download the right GCC version for your system (32/64 bit), as shown in the following screenshot.Īfter downloading it, double click on the executable, accept the licence, and type “c:\MinGW” as the installation directory.

On the side menu, there will be a link to Programming Tools, which after expanded shows a link to Fortran, C, C++. Accept running all the pluggins and, If the website tells you you do not have java, you will have to download and install it from the link displayed on the website.Īfter the check is done, you will have to download the GCC compiler, which can be done from.

To check if you have the Java Runtime Environment installed, go to with either Internet Explorer or Firefox (Chrome will block the plugin) and click on “Do I have Java?”.

However, setting up the IDE can sometimes be as painful as developing complex codes without an IDE. IDEs are tools to make code development a lot easier, specially if your project has multiple files, classes, and functions.
