Before you begin

Utilities

You must install and configure the following utilities:

Tip: Cygwin contains these utilities for a Windows environment. For more information, see http://www.cygwin.com.

To test if cygwin was installed correctly open a command prompt and type g++ or make.

The following error message means that no make is installed or your path is not configured correctly.

'g++' (or 'make') is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

To check your path open a command prompt and type PATH. Make sure that the path to your build utility is defined (example PATH=c:\cygwin\bin).

Build Automatically

For C/C++ projects this feature should be turned off, otherwise builds will be performed whenever a file is saved, including makefiles and header files.

Click Projects from the menubar and ensure there is no checkmark beside Build Automatically if there is one click Build Automatically to deselect it.

Related reference
CDT Home

Related tasks
Building Manually

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