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Using GCC not G++ on Windows [message #1526485]

Wed, 24 December 2014 11:15

Eclipse User

Hello forum,

This is probably a question that has been asked 1000's of time. I have just installed Eclipse and MinGW GCC complier only. I have set up my paths. I have selected a 'C' project and 'C' source file. Written a "Hello World" app. And eclipses wants to use g++ (and cannot find as it's not installed).

How do I get eclipse to use GCC and not G++. I have googled but I can't seem to find what I am looking for.

Kind Regards and thank you in advance,
Harold Clements

Re: Using GCC not G++ on Windows [message #1711553 is a reply to message #1526485]

Sat, 17 October 2015 02:48

Eclipse User

I am having a similar issue. I have both gcc and g++ through MinGW, but Eclipse only sets GCC as the toolchain regardless of wheteher the project is a C or C++ project. Of course as a C++ project requires G++ the build fails. If you found a solution please post.

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Re: Using GCC not G++ on Windows [message #1711555 is a reply to message #1526485]

Sat, 17 October 2015 02:57

Eclipse User

I am having the opposite problem. I have gcc and g++. I create a c++ project and eclipse assigns gcc as the toolchain. Thus, build fails because there are no c++ libraries. If you have found a solution please post.

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Re: Using GCC not G++ on Windows [message #1712490 is a reply to message #1711553]

Sun, 25 October 2015 21:20

Eclipse User

Am 19.10.2015 um 16:35 schrieb Bradley Atchison:
> I am having a similar issue. I have both gcc and g++ through MinGW, but Eclipse only sets GCC as the toolchain regardless of wheteher the project is a C or C++ project. Of course as a C++ project requires G++ the build fails. If you found a solution please post.
>
Because GCC means "Gnu Compiler Collection" and contains not only the
gcc (C compiler) and g++ (C++ compiler), but also others like gfortran
(Fortran) ...

Re: Using GCC not G++ on Windows [message #1712500 is a reply to message #1711555]

Mon, 26 October 2015 03:32

Eclipse User

Bradley Atchison wrote on Sat, 17 October 2015 09:57

I am having the opposite problem. I have gcc and g++. I create a c++ project and eclipse assigns gcc as the toolchain. Thus, build fails because there are no c++ libraries. If you have found a solution please post.

You should have a C++ compiler if your project nature is for C++. Try again with a C project.

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