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micheal101

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Hi
I was wondering if you guys can recommend a free IDE for C using the windows xp platform. i came across the ANJUTA IDE but i am not sure if i can use it on windows xp or not?
 
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micheal101

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Hi
I tried to install the IDE and got the following message, can you tell me what to do?

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after serarching the following locations:

what is the CDT plugin?
 
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beer

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micheal101

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i am installing the java runtime environment as i type.
but why do i need to install a java runtime environment if i want to work in c?
 
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Aso

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The java runtime is needed because Eclipse is written all in java. You need to install eclipse then follow the instructions to install CDT as a plug-in to eclipse.
 
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Insomnium

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Google for LCC-Win32. It's a C compiler that comes with an IDE. Great solution that was used by many to mod Quake2 DLLs and the like, and I'm pretty sure it will work with XP. It's also a lot smaller and faster than Eclipse.
 
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beer

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It's not hard to be faster than Eclipse. Personally I never really found a need for eclipse. I appreciate what the eclipse project is trying to accomplish but I've been programming in C for four years now and I'm a junior-level EE and still can't get Eclipse to work right...at all. It's probably above most people's, including the OPs, skill level, who just want a decent C IDE that is open-source on Win32 without using cygwin
 
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notfred

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Originally posted by: beer
It's not hard to be faster than Eclipse. Personally I never really found a need for eclipse. I appreciate what the eclipse project is trying to accomplish but I've been programming in C for four years now and I'm a junior-level EE and still can't get Eclipse to work right...at all. It's probably above most people's, including the OPs, skill level, who just want a decent C IDE that is open-source on Win32 without using cygwin
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Eclipse is a great java IDE, though ;)
 
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beer

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: beer
It's not hard to be faster than Eclipse. Personally I never really found a need for eclipse. I appreciate what the eclipse project is trying to accomplish but I've been programming in C for four years now and I'm a junior-level EE and still can't get Eclipse to work right...at all. It's probably above most people's, including the OPs, skill level, who just want a decent C IDE that is open-source on Win32 without using cygwin
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Eclipse is a great java IDE, though ;)
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Perhaps. I wish I knew a thing about java to understand why you thought that!
 
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Insomnium

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: beer
It's not hard to be faster than Eclipse. Personally I never really found a need for eclipse. I appreciate what the eclipse project is trying to accomplish but I've been programming in C for four years now and I'm a junior-level EE and still can't get Eclipse to work right...at all. It's probably above most people's, including the OPs, skill level, who just want a decent C IDE that is open-source on Win32 without using cygwin
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Eclipse is a great java IDE, though ;)
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That may be, but i actually prefer JCreator LE 3.00. It's fast, pretty small, and has a Microsoft Visual C++-esque GUI with plenty of useful features like collapsable code, etc. Eclipse has always been too bloated for my tastes, though it is powerful.
 
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