From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 16 10:42:25 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A1988D3 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:42:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 194C163D for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-205-79.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.205.79]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C4CD2537D; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:42:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t3GAgNsw003566; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:42:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:42:23 +0200 From: Polytropon To: arnab bhowmick Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Eclipse ide Message-Id: <20150416124223.bc386b58.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:42:25 -0000 On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:57:03 +0530, arnab bhowmick wrote: > I have tried to run eclipse from the terminal but nothing is going on. What is the _exact_ output of the command? Please copy from the terminal. > I > cannot find where the desktop icon is or what I have to change in my system > to make eclipse run for my c/c++ college project As I said, this depends on which desktop environment you're using. KDE? Gnome? Xfce? LXDE? But if you start Eclipse from a terminal, it doesn't actually matter. Still the questions remain: 1. Have you installed the JDK components required by Eclipse? 2. What happens if you run the "eclipse" from a terminal? 3. Which desktop are you using? Withoput answering those question, any recipient of this mailing list cannot do more than just guessing, and except providing some basics, this won't be much help for you. On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:59:16 +0530, arnab bhowmick wrote: > Is there any ide better than eclipse for programming? Yes. One of the best IDEs is "make", accompanied by your favourite editor. It works fine for C and C++. The OS already provides an excellent C compiler (clang) per default, and you can add GCC if you need. A good window manager also helps dealing with them. The advantage here: You don't have to mess with Java. :-) Regarding the editor part (essential!), you'll have to form your own opinion. Some people recommend using gvim from start, others suggest using joe within a terminal. and there's also the Midnight Commander's editor (mcedit), as well as the famous Emacs. You have to try and choose. Maybe you already have a favourite? Then keep using it. For C and C++, there's eclipse-cdt in the ports collection to provide the toolchain for the Eclipse port. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...