Linux (Ubuntu) Setup Guide

This page will guide you how to setup C++ development environment on Ubuntu(16.04) using Eclipse and how to set gdb and Valgrind for debugging purposes.

Setup development environment using Eclipse

1. Run sudo apt-get update
2. Install JDK. Run sudo apt-get install default-jdk
3. Download and install ​Eclipse for C/C++ for Linux.
4. Go to the deployment guide to set up the codebase for project 1. Be sure to select MacOSX GCC instead of Cross GCC.

Set up GDB for debugging purposes

GDB already comes with Ubuntu.

Set up Valgrind for debugging purposes

Valgrind is a very powerful tool to detect memory leaks in your program.

run sudo apt-get install valgrind