[SOLVED] Recommended C++ IDE for Ubuntu

[dominiquec]

Hi, all,

I gave away my old PC to an underprivileged college student (quite a few of them here in the Philippines) and put Ubuntu 8.04 to go with it.

The thing is: this kid's classes use some Microsoft C++ variant with IDE (whether Studio or Visual C++, I'm not sure.) Further questioning revealed that they really were just writing simple introductory programs with console output.

I introduced him to a text editor and g++, but somehow I think he'll just end up even more bewildered.

So my question is:

Is there a simple yet decent C/C++ programming IDE that I can recommend? At the very least, the editor should have error highlighting, it should know where the libraries are, and it should be able to compile and show output in a window. Nothing as full-blown as Eclipse, and something that will run in a Gnome environment. The machine isn't very powerful and only has 512MB RAM.

My programming skills are way rusty so I'd appreciate the recommendations.

Thanks in advance.

[Smygis]

I'd go with ether Geany or Code::Blocks. Personaly i prefer Code::Blocks.

[StOoZ]

Netbeans.

[LinuxRocks713]

You could either go with Geany (lightweight) or KDevelop (full of bloat/features).

[Zugzwang]

Dear OP, now you've got a decent list of IDEs but AFAIK none of them solves the "libaries" problem very well. Never seen one that does (including a non-system library was always a mess for me).

[K2712]

What is everyone's opinion of Eclipse? It's the only IDE I've worked with, as I am usually a text editor/terminal kind of guy, but I have liked what I've seen the little bit I've worked with it.

[WW]

There is already a FAQ and megathread about this somewhere. Check the links in the forum sticky.

EDIT: Here: FAQ: IDE's and Editors in Linux/Ubuntu

[SNYP40A1]

What is everyone's opinion of Eclipse? It's the only IDE I've worked with, as I am usually a text editor/terminal kind of guy, but I have liked what I've seen the little bit I've worked with it.

Eclipse + Java = awesome most productive programming experience ever. Eclipse + C++ = ok, but not as good.

[LaRoza]

There is already a FAQ and megathread about this somewhere. Check the links in the forum sticky.

EDIT: Here: FAQ: IDE's and Editors in Linux/Ubuntu

I was going to post that! Well, moving as promised in the links.

[dominiquec]

Thanks, guys, I'll have a look at those tools. The superthread should be quite helpful.

Much appreciated.