Instructions for installing Eclipse for C++ development on a computer to which you have admin access (Windows).

The two things you'll need:

MinGW for C++ compiling: MinGW-5.1.4.exe

Eclipse for C++: eclipse-cpp-ganymede-SR1-win32.zip

Download both of these files, either from the above links or through the websites mentioned below.

First install MinGW...

-a simple install of MinGW from http://www.mingw.org/ (it's the C++ compiler backend).

       -I selected 'Current' among possible installs ('proposed', 'legacy' are others)

       -be sure to select C++ compilers (at least) in the install window.

       -http://www.mingw.org/wiki/HOWTO_Install_the_MinGW_GCC_Compiler_Suite

-get eclipse-cpp-ganymede-SR1-win32.zip from above or  http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/ganymede/SR1/eclipse-cpp-ganymede-SR1-win32.zip

       -It's a zip file, so extract it to some directory. It may try to extract to the java eclipse directory--this is BAD.  Make a new directory, like CEclipse or something, and extract to that.

-Once you've installed MinGW, and done the extraction of eclipse for c++, in that order, then all you have to do is start the new eclipse. It will find the MinGW c++ compilers so that when you create a new project all the appropriate options are there to create a simple hello world app that gets appropriately compiled and run.

Initially, go to the workbench, select new C++ project.  Executable, Example Hello World C++ Project, and you will have the hello world app.

-stough