First of all, let me say how easy it was to install CodeBlocks and CodeLite on Linux Mint using the Software Manager. The user guide makes a terrific case for the Linux package management approach, but putting this UI on top (instead of using the command line as I was in Kubuntu) takes it to the next level. For a start, it’s browsable and you can read reviews from other users. I’ve installed CodeBlocks, CodeLite and g++. I really like the way that the sections in Software Manager match the groupings from the start menu (so that my programming related applications are together and easily visible).
CodeBlocks
First impressions – not bad, it detected that I wanted to use gcc as my compiler. I created a simple Hello World project and it compiled first time. When I tried to add C++11 features, I got compile errors – but those were resolved by editing the Project build options and enabling “Have g++ follow the coming C++0x ISO C++ language standard”, i.e. -std=c++0x. I rather like this dialog – it offers other useful compiler options too like “-Weffc++” to turn on Effective C++ warnings, with each compiler flag neatly explained. As soon as I’d enabled -std=c++0x, the lambda and auto that I’d added compiled and ran just fine.
CodeLite
Oh dear. Firstly, it offered to download a new version of CodeLite for me. Given that I only just did it in Software Manager, that seemed a bit odd. Next, I tried to create a new workspace – it crashed. I tried to open the workspace it had created – crashed again. This is probably because Software Manager needs to be updated to download the latest version, but I’ve uninstalled it for now.
musingstudio 