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Arnaud Gouder de Beauregard
Arnaud Gouder de Beauregard

Reputation: 1529

Build Steps for Makefile Project in Eclipse

I am trying to use Eclipse to build some existing software (written in C), which is built with a Makefile. For this reason I created a 'Makefile project' in Eclipse.

However, I just found out, the in the 'C/C++ Build / Settings' menu, I only see the 'Binary Parsers' and 'Error Parsers' tabs. However, I really need the 'Build Steps' tabs, because I also need to add a post-build command.

How can I make the 'Build Steps' tab appear in my project?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3727

Answers (2)

Uladzimir Simankou
Uladzimir Simankou

Reputation: 116

I have had exactly the same issue recently. There is how I've resolved it:

Wrote a script build.sh:

#! /bin/bash

source env.sh
# do other steps
make debug

Then

chmod a+x build.sh

Configure the project:

Properties->C/C++ Build->Behavior->Build (incremental build): empty

Properties->C/C++ Build->Builder Settings->Build command: ${ProjDirPath}/build.sh

Upvotes: 1

petersohn
petersohn

Reputation: 11730

You should include those steps in the makefile. The reason pre-build and post-build steps are included in the default Eclipse C++ projects is that in that case Eclipse generates the makefile automatically, so if you want to do anything apart from building your code, you need to do it separately. But if you create the Makefile yourself, then you can include pre- and post-build steps in it.

Upvotes: 2

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