Please add eclipse-cdt to ubuntu packaging

You need to install the CDT plugin! The problem is, that the eclipse-cdt package is totally outdated and does not work with eclipse 3.5.1.

Ok, so all I can do now is to wait till they release an update for the CDT plugin?

Yes, or you install the plugin from upstream.

I am unable to get it working. I added http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/ganymede to the update sites of my eclipse installation, and checked for new updates. It downloaded a bunch related to this update site but after this I still get the error message 'Could not open the editor: No editor descriptor for id org.eclipse.cdt.ui.editor.CEditor'.
After this I tried with the zip of version 5.0.2 that can be downloaded from http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/ganymede/. But when I 'Check for Updates' from the eclipse menu it keeps telling me 'there is nothing to update'.

Does this mean that i need to get the plugin from somewhere else? What does it exactly mean 'install the plugin from upstream'?

Thanks

You should use galileo instead of ganymede. I used this update site: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/galileo

I just tried http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/galileo but it also does not solve my problem. I still get 'Could not open the editor: No editor descriptor for id org.eclipse.cdt.ui.editor.CEditor'.

I have the same problem. And it appeared very suddenly. It seems like it happened with the last Ubuntu security update. I haven't made any changes to eclipse since last use (when everything worked fine) and that was about a week ago.

Can it be that I have several C toolchains competing? Unlikely since it worked fine last time with the same toolchains installed.

I'm not very used to reporting bugs. Is there any info I should post?

I download just downloaded the latest version from the Eclipse's homepage (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/). There was also a compiled binary which works which I use now instead of the binary I have installed in the system.

Can someone provide detailed, step-by-step instructions as to how to get CDT installed properly in karmic?

I tried and got this:

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Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
  Software being installed: Mylyn Bridge: C/C++ Development 5.1.0.200909110608 (org.eclipse.cdt.mylyn.feature.group 5.1.0.200909110608)
  Missing requirement: Mylyn Bridge: C/C++ Development 5.1.0.200909110608 (org.eclipse.cdt.mylyn.feature.group 5.1.0.200909110608) requires 'org.eclipse.mylyn.context.core 3.0.0' but it could not be found

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I have no idea how to fix any of that. (And I'm pretty paranoid about me totally hosing things up without a nice set of instructions for me to follow; I'm also a bit worried about what happens when a real eclipse-cdt package becomes available for karmic if I've already manually installed something, but I don't see that I have any choice since manual installation seems to be the only possibility.)

Well, after several hours I'm giving up for now. I have eclipse 3.5.1 working with the latest CDT in Ubuntu Hardy, so that combination itself does work. That's been working for months with no problems. However, Kamic is another story. I think the CDT has been pulled from the distro at one point. I got eclipse directly and downloaded the CDT archive, but CDT will not install. Trying different things just produces different errors.

Best I can tell, we just have to wait for an update.

Or, maybe not...
My notes indicated past issues, so I removed the gnu java and replaced it with Sun java (which I had been using before, but forgot). Eclipse then worked much faster. I WAS able to install the CDT from an archive and it appears to be working.

However, I'm seeing more (possibly) gtk issues. I am starting eclipse with the
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=TRUE
which helps some items, but not others, e.g. buttons may need Enter key instead of mouse click.

On @N7DRs comments on hosing things, it's not that bad with eclipse. While the distro installs in a standard location, you can manually download and install multiple versions and options in separate directories under your home. With some previous issues, I once had four different Eclipse's loaded:-)

Just make sure you're using Sun's java.

Ubuntu 9.10 karmic, 2.6.31-14
Eclipse 3.5.1 build M20090917-0800
CDT 6.0.0.200909110608

It is shame to see eclipse-cdt gone from ubuntu 10.4!
I installed it via eclipse update system, and it works just fine, and actually is much better that version in ubuntu 8.10 I used before.

What is going on?

Still missing from 10.10....
And downloaded version doesn't work.

I had this problem when upgrading from ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10. Deleting the .eclipse folder in my home directory got rid of the version problems. I could then install the proper CDT from inside eclipse using the default source (http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo/) and everything worked like normal.

This was on a fresh install of ubuntu 10.10, keeping my old home directory, and using default software sources (installed eclipse with "sudo apt-get install eclipse").

This bug was fixed in the package eclipse-cdt - 6.0.2-1

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eclipse-cdt (6.0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - eclipse-cdt no longer quits when looking up a declaration.
      (Closes: #348393)
    - Works with current eclipse in Debian, provided that you are not
      affected by #587657 (See the bug or the NEWS file in
      eclipse-platform for more information on hold to deal with #597657).
      (Closes: #574611)
    - Upgraded to newest (possible) version with the current eclipse
      in Debian. (Closes: #441313, LP: #163739, #446131)
  * Fixed the build system. (Closes: #542977, #596851)
  * New maintainers (Closes: #555663)
  * Bumped Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
  * Converted to 3.0 (quilt) source format.
 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:39:04 +0200