Eclipse is a framework for IDEs. It provides the infrastructure for the IDE, and then the IDE is completed by using a plug-in for a particular programming language. Plug-ins exist for Java (which was its first application), C/C++, Python, Perl and many others. Eclipse is multi-platform, runnable on Linux, Windows , etc. Eclipse came out of the Websphere project at IBM. Though the Eclipse project is now fully open-source, it is still strongly supported by IBM. In this tutorial, we will describe in step by step how to edit, compile and execute a C project using Eclipse in your EPS 254 lab computer.

Step 1: Staring Eclipse Log in to the Linux side of your machine. Start up Eclipse by typing eclipse in a command window. A Workspace Launcher window will appear as shown in Fig.1 which will ask you to specify a directory to use. Choose your working directory and select OK.

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