Pkg-config support for Eclipse CDT 0.8.0

Provides automation of configuration needed for projects using pkg-config, such as GTK+ and gtkmm. Pkg-config utility outputs the necessary options needed to build a given package(s) that can be passed as compiler options.

Pkg-config support will set compiler and linker flags automatically that GCC needs to build selected packages - specifically includes, libraries, and some other GCC flags.

Cross platform support

Project can be held in a version control system and even if the packages have been selected in Linux, pulling the project in Windows will automatically update the flags (file-system paths etc).

Cross compilation environment support

Pkg-config plugin configuration is now per-project configuration rather than a global configuration. Path to the pkg-config binary can be set per-project.

UI Features

Property page

Used to select packages and set pkg-config configurations.

Requirements

* Pkg-config utility installed
* Libraries you need (e.g. gtk+, gtkmm)
* For Windows: MinGW or Cygwin
* CDT 8.0 and Eclipse 3.7.x (Indigo)

Development site

http://code.google.com/p/pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt/

Mailing list

http://groups.google.com/group/pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt

pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt@googlegroups.com

Note:
If you are having problems installing it is most probably because of not having CDT 8.0 or above.

Windows users: Do not install Gtk+ or Gtkmm in a path containing spaces, because pkg-config does not support spaces in paths.