pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt

Provides automation of configuration needed for projects using pkg-config, such as GTK+ and gtkmm. Very useful time-saving tool for all C, C++ programmers using Eclipse.

Mission

The aim of the Eclipse plug-in is to provide automation of configuration needed for projects using pkg-config, such as GTK+ and gtkmm.

Features

The plug-in will set options and switches automatically that gcc needs to add in the selected packages - specifically the header file paths, the libraries, and some other gcc switches.

• Cross platform support Project can be held in a version control system and even if the packages have been selected in Linux, pulling the project in Windows will automatically update the flags (file-system paths etc).

• Cross compilation environment support Pkg-config plugin configuration is now per-project configuration rather than a global configuration. Path to the pkg-config binary can be set per-project.

• Per-toolchain specified pkg-config binary (default and custom paths)

• Property page Used to select packages and set pkg-config configuraion.

What is PKG-CONFIG?

Pkg-config utility outputs the necessary options needed to build a given package that can be passed as compiler options.

• Linux man page: http://linux.die.net/man/1/pkg-config
• Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pkg-config

Mailing list

• http://groups.google.com/group/pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt
• pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt@googlegroups.com

Installation

Note: Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) and CDT 8 (or newer) are mandatory. Try first without setting PKG_CONFIG_PATH manually. It is found automatically in most cases.

Windows users: Do not install Gtk+ or Gtkmm in a path containing spaces, because pkg-config does not support spaces in paths.

Eclipse Marketplace entry

To make installation easy, the plugin is added to Eclipse marketplace (it's free) http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/pkg-config-support-eclipse-cdt