If you do not have the NetBeans 6.0 IDE, go to the
NetBeans IDE
6.0 Download Page, and download
a version of the IDE that contains C/C++ support.
If you have a NetBeans IDE 6.0 installation that does not include
C/C++ support,
complete the following steps to add C/C++ support to the IDE.
If your network uses a proxy, choose Tools > Options from the main
menu, select Manual Proxy Settings, enter the HTTP Proxy and Port for
your proxy, and click OK.
Choose Tools > Plugins from the main menu.
In the Plugins dialog box, click the Available Plugins tab,
and scroll to the C/C++ category.
Select the C/C++ checkbox.
Click Install.
The NetBeans IDE Installer starts.
In the NetBeans IDE Installer, click Next.
Read the license agreement, then select the I Accept the Terms in All
License Agreements radio button, and click Next.
Click Install.
After the installation completes, select either Restart IDE Now or Restart
IDE Later and click Finish.
Netbeans C/C++ pack requires a C compiler, C++ compiler,
make utility, and gdb debugger.
Windows
NetBeans C/C++ pack has been tested with the following compilers
and tools:
Cygwin 1.5.21
Cygwin gcc-core (C compiler) 3.4.x
Cygwin gcc-c++ (C++ compiler) 3.4.x
Cygwin gdb (GNU Debugger) 6.5.50
Cygwin make 3.80
If you already have the Cygwin GNU compilers, GNU make, and
gdb debugger installed on your Windows system and
your path is set up correctly to find them, make sure that you have the
correct versions. If you have the correct versions, then no further setup is
necessary.
To check the versions of your Cygwin compilers and tools:
Check the version of Cygwin by typing:
cygcheck -c cygwin
Check the versions of the compilers, make, and gdb by
typing:
gcc --version
g++ --version
make --version
gdb --version
To install the GNU compilers, make, and gdb debugger from
cygwin.com:
Download the Cygwin setup.exe program by clicking the Install or Update Now!
icon in the middle of the page.
Run the setup.exe program. Accept the defaults until you reach
the Select Your Internet Connection page. Select the option on this
page that is best for you. Click Next.
On the Choose Download Site page, choose a download site you think
might be relatively close to you. Click Next.
On the Select Packages page you select the packages to download. Click
the + next to Devel to expand the development tools category. You may
want to resize the window so you can see more of it at one time.
Select each package you want to download by clicking the Skip label
next to it. At a minimum, select gcc-core: C compiler,
gcc-g++: C++ compiler, gdb: The GNU Debugger, and make: the GNU
version of the 'make' utility.
Now add the Compiler directory to your path:
Open the Control Panel (Start > Settings > Control Panel) and
double-click the System program.
Select the Advanced tab and click Environment Variables.
In the System Variables panel of the Environment Variables dialog,
select the Path variable and
click Edit.
Add the path to the
cygwin-directory\bin directory to the Path variable, and
click OK. By default, cygwin-directory is
C:\cygwin. Directory names must be separated with a semicolon.
Click OK in the Environment Variables dialog and the System
Properties dialog.
Add the path to the Sun Studio software to your PATH before
starting the NetBeans IDE.
GNU Compilers and GNU make
If you want to use the GNU compilers and GNU make:
If you have a standard installation of the Solaris 10 OS, the compilers and
gmake are installed in /usr/sfw/bin. Make sure that this
location is in your path before staring the NetBeans IDE.
If the compilers and gmake are not installed on your system, you can download them from
http://www.sunfreeware.com.
To download and install the GNU compilers and make
Download gcc 3.4.6 and make 3.81.
If the download zip files are not
automatically gunzipped during download, unzip them with gunzip.
Install the packages with the pkgadd command.
Make sure to include the GNU
compiler directory and the GNU make directory in your path before starting the NetBeans IDE.
gdb Debugger
Whether you use the Sun Studio compilers and Solaris make or the
GNU compilers and GNU make, you must have the gdb debugger to
debug applications in NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack. You can download gdb 6.2.1 from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/.
To download and install gdb:
Under "Select a Download" at the botttom of the page, select the Solaris 10
Companion Software download for your Solaris platform.
On the Download page, accept the License Agreement and select the
gdb - GNU source level debugger package.
Become root (superuser).
Unzip the file with binzip and install gdb with
pkgadd:
bunzip2 SFWgdb.bz2
pkgadd -d SFWgdb
Make sure to include the path to gdb in your path before starting
the NetBeans IDE.
To start the IDE on Microsoft Windows machines, do one of the following:
Double-click the NetBeans IDE icon on your desktop.
From the Start menu, select Programs > NetBeans 6.0 > NetBeans
IDE.
To build a sample project and run it in the debugger:
Open the New Project wizard by choosing File > New Project.
In the Categories panel on the Choose Project page of the wizard, expand the Samples category and the C/C++ Development
subcategory, and select the C/C++ subcategory.
In the Projects panel, select the Welcome project. Click Next.
On the Project Name and Location page, click Finish.
In the Projects tab of the IDE, right-click the Welcome_1 project and
choose Build Project. If your compilers and make utility are
installed correctly and the path to them is set, build output is displayed in
the Output window and the project builds successfully.
Double-click the welcome.cc file to open it in the Source
Editor.
Right-click in the left margin of the Source Editor window and choose
Show Line Numbers.
Set a breakpoint by clicking in the left margin of the Source
Editor window next to line 33.
Right-click the project and choose Debug Project. If the gdb
debugger is installed correctly and the path to it is set, gdb starts
up, the Debugger tabs are displayed, and the Welcome application
runs and stops at the breakpoint.
Choose Run > Continue to run the application to completion.
Navigate to the bin subdirectory of your installation.
Execute the launcher script by typing ./netbeans.
To build a sample project and run it in the debugger:
Open the New Project wizard by choosing File > New Project.
In the Categories panel on the Choose Project page of the wizard, expand the Samples category and the C/C++ Development
subcategory, and select the C/C++ subcategory.
In the Projects panel, select the Welcome project. Click Next.
On the Project Name and Location page, click Finish.
In the Projects tab of the IDE, right-click the Welcome_1 project
and choose Properties.
In the Project Properties dialog box, set the Compiler Collection property
to the compiler collection you want to validate and click OK.
In the Projects tab, right-click the project and
choose Build Project. If your compilers and make utility are
installed correctly and the path to them is set, build output is displayed in
the Output window and the project builds successfully.
Double-click the welcome.cc file to open it in the Source
Editor.
Right-click in the left margin of the Source Editor window and choose
Show Line Numbers.
Set a breakpoint by clicking in the left margin of the Source
Editor window next to line 33.
Right-click the project and choose Debug Project. If the gdb
debugger is installed correctly and the path to it is set, gdb starts
up, the Debugger tabs are displayed, and the Welcome application
runs and stops at the breakpoint.
Choose Run > Continue to run the application to completion.
Navigate to the bin subdirectory of your installation.
Execute the launcher script by typing ./netbeans.
To build a sample project and run it in the debugger:
Open the New Project wizard by choosing File > New Project.
In the Categories panel on the Choose Project page of the wizard, expand the Samples category and the C/C++ Development
subcategory, and select the C/C++ subcategory.
In the Projects panel, select the Welcome project. Click Next.
On the Project Name and Location page, click Finish.
In the Projects tab of the IDE, right-click the Welcome_1 project
and choose Properties.
In the Project Properties dialog box, set the Compiler Collection property
to the compiler collection you want to validate and click OK.
In the Projects tab, right-click the project and
choose Build Project. If your compilers and make utility are
installed correctly and the path to them is set, build output is displayed in
the Output window and the project builds successfully.
Double-click the welcome.cc file to open it in the Source
Editor.
Right-click in the left margin of the Source Editor window and choose
Show Line Numbers.
Set a breakpoint by clicking in the left margin of the Source
Editor window next to line 33.
Right-click the project and choose Debug Project. If the gdb
debugger is installed correctely and the path to it is set, gdb starts
up, the Debugger tabs are displayed, and the Welcome application
runs and stops at the breakpoint.
Choose Run > Continue to run the application to completion.
To start the IDE on Macintosh machines, double-click the NetBeans icon on your desktop.
To build a sample project and run it in the debugger:
Open the New Project wizard by choosing File > New Project.
In the Categories panel on the Choose Project page of the wizard, expand the Samples category and the C/C++ Development
subcategory, and select the C/C++ subcategory.
In the Projects panel, select the Welcome project. Click Next.
On the Project Name and Location page, click Finish.
In the Projects tab of the IDE, right-click the Welcome_1 project and
choose Build Project. If your compilers and make utility are
installed correctly and the path to them is set, build output is displayed in
the Output window and the project builds successfully.
Double-click the welcome.cc file to open it in the Source
Editor.
Right-click the project and choose Debug Project. If the gdb
debugger is installed correctly and the path to it is set, gdb starts
up and the Debugger tabs are displayed.
