What tools do you use to develop C++ applications on Linux? [closed]

Answer 1

Anjuta is a nice idea that makes Linux C++ dev quite enjoyable as well.

Answer 2

You need a standard toolchain + an IDE.

There's nothing much to say about the standard toolchain. Just install e.g. on Ubuntu/Debian via

aptitude install build-essential

The interesting part is about an IDE.

My personal impression is that nowadays - in the 21th century - vi/emacs/make/autotools/configure is not enough for developing software projects above a certain size (... and yes, please please please blame me for the heritage heresy ...).

Which IDE to choose is simply a matter of taste. You will find a lot of threads on SOF. Here is a permalink discussing which C++ IDE might be the "best": C++ IDE for Linux.

Answer 3

Right now I use Qt Creator. It's cross-platform and integrates pretty nicely with Qt, though (of course) you have the option of creating a standalone application.

Answer 4

• CMake
• vim
• g++
• kdevelop (compiled from SVN daily!)
• Mercurial when I can, SVN when I have to, git when there's really no other choice (contributing to project that uses it)
• valgrind

Answer 5

g++ of course, but also Code::Blocks which is an absolutely fantastic cross platform IDE (Win32, *nix, Mac).

I use the nightly (more like weekly lately) builds from the SVN. It has almost all the bells and whistles you would expect from a modern IDE. It's really a truly fantastic Open Source project.

Also, on Linux you get the joy of using Valgrind which is probably the best memory tracker (it does other things as well) tool that money can buy. And it's free :) Track down memory leaks and more with ease.

And there is just so much more! Linux is such a great dev platform :)

(edit) Just realized you mentioned Valgrind in your question, silly me for reading it too fast.

Answer 6

When develop C++ apps for linux, i prefer using a bunch of cmdline tools. Vim extended with a lot of plugins. Gdb with ffffd, valgrind, libefence and SCons (automake is a pain in ... you know where)