Which IDE to use

[Zach Welch]

Michael Aston wrote:
> Hello everyone
> 
> I'm trying to get into minisip development, so I tried Eclipse with
> CDT tools, but failed miserably. I created Standard Make C++ Projects
> for each library/binary (generating the necessary Makefiles by hand
> with ./bootstrap and ./configure). But the whole thing doesn't link
> successfully (apart from libmutil which has no dependencies to other
> minisip libraries):

Have you tried to build using the build.pl script, following the
directions in README.build? If that does not work, then you probably
will also have problems with the IDE.

The error you get stems from not being able to locate libmutil. Did you
specify --with-mutil=/path/to/your/libmutil in libmcrypto's configure
options? build.pl uses this means to specify locations of dependent
libraries; there are several other alternatives to this direct approach.

> So my question is: What IDE do you use and maybe you have some hints
> for me how to configure it.

I gave up on IDEs after I switched to Linux. If the build.pl script
works, my only suggestion would be to figure out what it does for you,
and teach Eclipse to jump through the same hoops. This may include
setting up ACLOCAL_FLAGS, PKG_CONFIG_PATH, or other settings.

> Sorry if this is question is too basic, but I'm not very much used to
>  linux development yet.

If you want to learn, give up the IDE habit and go native with the CLI;
otherwise, you will probably need to find support in an Eclipse forum.

That is not meant to be discouraging; it just shows that I am not aware
of other Eclipse/IDE users in this forum. I would encourage you to
document your findings (as a HOWTO) and post them to the list. If others
find your document useful, it should probably be put in the repository.

Cheers,

Zach