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Asked: 2026-05-11T18:48:35+00:00

I’m trying to get eclipse to work with MinGW. I’ve done the following: Downloaded

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I’m trying to get eclipse to work with MinGW.
I’ve done the following:

  • Downloaded CDT for eclipse.
  • Installed MinGW.
  • Added C:\MinGW\bin to my path.
    Opening a command prompt (CMD) and typing g++ or alike works fine.
  • I run eclipse, create a “New C++ Project”, and only get the option saying “other toolchains”.

There’s a MILLION tutorials out there saying eclipse should identify MinGW on its own. It doesn’t, and I don’t know what to do. I’ve tried reinstalling everying in just about every order posible. Still no luck.

I’ve also noted some tutorials say something about creating a “Managed C++ Project”. I’ve no such option, all I get is “C++ Project” and “C Project”

edit:
I have eclipse ganymede, windows x86_64, version 3.4.2
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.4.2-200902111700/index.php

Running the “Eclipse IDE for C/C++ developers” fails, since there’s no x64 version for windows. The x86 version requires x86 JAVA installed as well, and installing two versions of java, gave nothing but trouble in the past.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The distinction between managed make projects and makefile project was removed in CDT 4.x, I think. Now there is only one type of project, but you can select different builders. CDT includes an internal builder which does not use makefiles and another one which does.

    First, save yourself the effort of “reinstalling in every order possible”. That is also known as trial-and-error, and will only make you more frustrated. Apply the normal problem-solving skills you have as a programmer.

    Given that you have MinGW installed, what happens if you download “Eclipse IDE for C/C++ developers“, start eclipse.exe, and try to create a C++-project with a MinGW toolchain?

    EDIT: remember: the key in getting help with problems like these is to produce a minimal example which fails. Also, it would help if you provided URLs to the packages you installed (MinGW, Eclipse, etc.).

    EDIT: I just installed CDT using the Ganymede update site, downloaded and installed MinGW from here, and restarted Eclipse, and everything worked fine. I know that doesn’t help you, but it does prove that the toolchain detection isn’t completely broken. Something is weird on your side.

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