C++ IDE for Linux? [closed]

Answer 1

make + vim + gdb = one great IDE

Answer 2

As an old-time UNIX guy, I always use Emacs. But that has a pretty steep and long learning curve, so I'm not sure I can recommend it to newcomers.

There really isn't a "good" IDE for Linux. Eclipse is not very good for C/C++ (CDT is improving, but is not very useful yet). The others are missing all the features you are going to be looking for.

It really is important to learn how all the individual tools (gcc, make, gdb, etc.) work. After you do so, you may find the Visual Studio way of doing things to be very limiting.

Answer 3

My personal favorite is the CodeLite 2.x IDE.

see: http://www.codelite.org

The decision to use CodeLite was based on a research regarding the following C++ IDE for Linux:

• Eclipse Galileo with CDT Plugin
• NetBeans 6.7 (which is also the base for the SunStudio IDE)
• KDevelop4
• CodeBlocks 8.02
• CodeLite 2.x

After all I have decided to use CodeLite 2.x.

Below I have listed some Pros and Cons regarding the mentioned C++ IDEs. Please note, that this reflects my personal opinion only!

EDIT: what a pity that SOF doesn't support tables, so I have to write in paragraphs ...

Eclipse Galileo with CDT Plugin

Pros:

• reasonable fast
• also supports Java, Perl(with E.P.I.C plugin)
• commonly used and well maintained
• also available for other OS flavours (Windows, MacOS, Solaris, AIX(?))

Cons:

• GUI is very confusing and somewhat inconsistent - not very intuitive at all
• heavy weight
• Only supports CVS (AFAIK)

NetBeans 6.7 (note this is also the base for the SunStudio IDE)

Pros:

• one of the most intuitive GUI I have ever seen
• also supports Java, Python, Ruby
• integrates CVS, SVN, Mercurial
• commonly used and well maintained
• also available for other OS flavours (Windows, MacOS, Solaris)

Cons:

• extremly slow
• heavy weight
• uses Spaces for indentation, which is not the policy at my work. I'm sure this is configurable, but I couldn't find out how to to that

KDevelop4 (note: I did not much testing on it)

Pros:

• commonly used on Linux
• integrates CVS, SVN, Mercurial

Cons:

• the GUI looks somewhat old fashioned
• heavy weight
• very specific to the KDE environment

CodeBlocks 8.02 (note: I did not much testing on it)

Pros:

• reasonable fast

Cons:

• the GUI looks somewhat old fashioned (although it has a nice startup screen)
• the fonts in the editor are very small
• some icons (e.g. the debugger related icons starting/stepping) are very small
• no source control integration

CodeLite 2.x (note: this is my personal favorite)

Pros:

• the best, modern looking and intuitive GUI I have seen on Linux
• lightweight
• reasonable fast
• integrates SVN
• also available on other OS flavours(Windows, MacOS, Solaris(?))

Cons:

• no CVS integration (that's important for me because I have to use it at work)
• no support for Java, Perl, Python (would be nice to have)

Answer 4

At least for Qt specific projects, the Qt Creator (from Nokia/Trolltech/Digia) shows great promise.

Answer 5

On Linux there are plenty of IDEs:

• Code::blocks
• Codelite
• KDevelop
• Qt Creator
• Eclipse with CDT
• NetBeans

In my experience, the most valuable are Eclipse and Qt Creator. Both provide all "standard" features (i.e., autocompletion, syntax highlightning, debugger, git integration). It is worth noting that Eclipse also provides refactoring functionalities, while Qt Creator provides integration with Valgrind and support for deployment on remote targets.

Also the commercial CLion IDE seems preety good (but I've not used it extensively).

Answer 6

For me Ultimate++ seems to be the best solution to write cross-os program