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Preparing C++ Dev infrastructure

· 2 min read
Hreniuc Cristian-Alexandru

Tools​

# Make sure pip is using python3
pip install conan

# Cmake
sudo apt-get install cmake

# gcc + make
sudo apt-get install build-essential

Install clang for automatic formatting:

#!/bin/bash

# Use this script to install the clang formatter and all its utilities.
# Install Clang(Used for clang-format)
# ============================================================================ #
mkdir -p ~/programs/clang && cd ~/programs/clang &&
# http://releases.llvm.org/download.html
clang_version="9.0.0" &&
archive_name="clang+llvm-${clang_version}-x86_64-linux-gnu-ubuntu-18.04" &&
wget http://releases.llvm.org/${clang_version}/${archive_name}.tar.xz &&
tar xf ${archive_name}.tar.xz &&
rm -Rf ${archive_name}.tar.xz &&
unlink clang_latest # Just in case there was another sym link
ln -sf ${archive_name} clang_latest &&
(
  echo "CLANG_INSTALL_PATH=\"/mnt/programs/clang/clang_latest\"" &&
  echo "export PATH=\"\${CLANG_INSTALL_PATH}/bin:\$PATH\"" &&
  echo -n "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\${CLANG_INSTALL_PATH}/lib" &&
  echo ":\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\""
) >> ~/.bashrc
# ============================================================================ #

IDE​

Use QtCreator.

Activate these plugins:

Go to Help -> About plugins:
  - C++
    - Check ClangCodeModel
    - Check ClangFormat
    - Beautifier
  - Code Analyzer
    - Check ClangTools
  - Utilities
    - Check Todo

Set these settings:

Go to Tools -> Options:
  - Text Editor
    - Behavior:
      - Tab policy: Spaces Only
      - Tab size: 2
      - Indend size: 2
      - Align continuation lines: With Spaces
      - Clean whitespace (upon saving)
    - Display:
      - Display right margin at column: 80
      - Display line numbers
      - Display folding markers
      - Visualize whitespace
      - Highlight search results on the scrollbar
      - Highlight current line
      - Highlight blocks
      - Animate matching parentheses
      - Highlight matching parentheses
    - Completion:
      - Enable Doxygen blocks
      - Generate brief description
      - Add leading asterisks
  - Beautifier
    - Enable auto format on file save
    - Clang Format
      - Use predefined style: `File`
 - Debugger
   - General:
     - Set breakpoints using full absolute path