NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack FAQ and HOW-TOs

General

• C/C++ Application Learning Trail
• What is the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack?
• What's the distinction between the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack and the Sun Studio IDE?
• On which platforms can I run the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack?
• Which compilers does the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack support?
• Where can I find a good tutorial to get started using Java Native Interface (JNI) other than "Beginning JNI with NetBeans C/C++ Pack 5.5, Part I"
• How can I configure the NetBeans IDE for C development using MinGW?
• How can I get Qt4 working together with NetBeans IDE 6.1?

Projects, Building and Running your code

• How do I go about moving my existing C++ project from Eclipse or GNU and bringing it into the NetBeans project system?
• I can't successfully run the g++ compiler to configure the built-in source file parser. What can I do?
• Is it possible to use MinGW in C/C++ Development?
• I've changed compiler collections in Tools > Options but my project is still using my old compiler collection. Why didn't it use the new one?
• How do I add a new set of compilers to the list of compiler collections?
• Is there a GNU make on the Solaris OS?
• How can I change the default extension for C,C++ or header files?

Debugging

• Is the NetBeans C/C++ plugin tightly integrated with a C/C++ debugger?
• The debugger doesn't work. What's the first thing I should do?
• What version of gdb should I use?
• When I try debugging on a Mac OS X machine the debugger fails. Whats going on?
• Breakpoints in some of my C++ constructors are ignored. Is this a known problem?

Code assistance

• Does the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack support refactoring?
• Does a hyperlink go to the function definition or to its declaration?
• For a declaration that is declared via macros, how can I see the "real" declaration name?
• How can I find all definitions of my namespace?
• How can I create a project from existing code and set up code assistance?
• How can I configure code assistance when I cannot build the project?
• My project has a question mark in the Projects window - what does it mean? And what should I do?
• My #include directive is underlined red - what should I do?
• How can I edit user include paths and macros?
• How can I detect that the project has the wrong configuration?
• Is it possible to configure an already existing project from existing code?
• Is it possible to have different platform/device dependent configurations in one project?

Remote Development (Introduced in NetBeans 6.5)

• When I try to add a remote development host I get a SocketException saying "Reply from SOCKS server has bad version". What can I do about it?
• When I try to add a remote development host no tool collectioons are found on the remote server although I have compilers installed there. What can I do about it?
• When I try to add a remote development host it is stuck on initializing screen. What can I do about it?