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Importing Non-Eclipse Based Project [message #969205]

Sat, 03 November 2012 03:12

Jon Rosen

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Registered: December 2010

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So, I forked a github project and would like to try working on it in Eclipse and EGit. The problem is that the project wasn't originally developed on Eclipse, so none of the Eclipse makefile or build information is present. Is there a way to force a generation of the makefiles so I can build or is there a better way to import the project with a pre-made project or something?

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Re: Importing Non-Eclipse Based Project [message #971969 is a reply to message #969205]

Mon, 05 November 2012 08:56

Axel Mueller

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Registered: July 2009

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How is the github project build? Are there any existing Makefiles? Then you can directly use (Eclipse Makefile project).

Before you ask
- search this forum
- see the FAQ http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/FAQ
- google

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Re: Importing Non-Eclipse Based Project [message #972999 is a reply to message #971969]

Tue, 06 November 2012 02:33

Jon Rosen

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Registered: December 2010

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It uses cmake. If I use the project's makefile, however, I imagine Eclipse wouldn't be able to add new files to the project automatically? (ie: I'd have to put them in manually). Would this be just creating a 'makefile project' and importing the github project into it?

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Re: Importing Non-Eclipse Based Project [message #973333 is a reply to message #972999]

Tue, 06 November 2012 08:44

Axel Mueller

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Registered: July 2009

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Quote:

Would this be just creating a 'makefile project' and importing the github project into it?

There is an option to "Import existing Makefile project". You can this.
If you want to change the build process you must adapt the cmake file CMakeLists.txt and the recreate the Makefile.

But there is also a cmake option to create an Eclipse project directly. Google for "cmake eclipse"

Before you ask
- search this forum
- see the FAQ http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/FAQ
- google

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Re: Importing Non-Eclipse Based Project [message #974377 is a reply to message #973333]

Wed, 07 November 2012 02:57

Jon Rosen

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Registered: December 2010

Junior Member

Thanks for the kick in the right direction. What I ended up doing was File->New->Other. Selecting: C++->Makefile Project with Existing Code and completing the dialog (I had to select the git information already downloaded). The problem now was that Eclipse was trying to build traditional makefile projects, but I came across this wiki (per your suggestion to do a google search) and went with option 1: it worked like a charm. Thanks! This was all very helpful!

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