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How to tell Eclipse where my libraries / includes are [message #757479]

Fri, 18 November 2011 15:20

Michael Beatty

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Registered: November 2011

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I have been running my projects through a linux shell using GVIM and compiling using gcc/g++. I have Makefiles created to link my programs to the appropriate includes/libraries. I've decided to make the move to Eclipse as I have used it at previous job, albeit much older versions and already configured.

I have eclipse installed and working just fine, however, I ran into a roadblock with my Makefiles. After a day long struggle to figure out why Eclipse was failing to include my libs/incs, I found out that I was importing my existing project as a C project and not as a Makefile project... this was causing Eclipse to ignore my Makefile and creating its own. I resolved that by importing the project as a new "Makefile Project" and using my own Makefile.

However, this brings up a new question. What if I had started this project from scratch on Eclipse? How would I have told Eclipse where by libs/incs were located? Can this be done somewhere through Eclipse, or do I always have to create a Makefile for each of my projects... I would think this would be something automated by Eclipse?

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