Installing Eclipse C++ CDT with Linux Tools for debugging and profiling applications on Linux

The Eclipse incubation project Linux Tools integrates C/C++ Development tools.
It's a GUI plugin to integrate tools like Valgrind, GProf, GCov, SystemTap etc into the Eclipse C++ CDT IDE.

[Articles on Linux Tools]

• IBM DeveloperWorks (search for Linux Tools)
• RedHat Article

Download page of Eclipse Helios gives 2 good alternatives for C++ developers on Linux:

• Download Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers, (87 MB) without LinuxTools

• Download Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Linux Developers (includes Incubating components), (120 MB) with inbuilt LinuxTools like valgrind, gprof, systemtap etc.

• Installing/Updating LinuxTools using UpdateManager  (Note: You may need to do a Java6 JRE update as described below first.)
• Updating Eclipse Helios CDT with UpdateManager

• Helios Installation how-to

• Java6 JRE update :apt-get install sun-java6-jre

• Unzip the Eclipse tarball and run the eclipse binary from inside the tarball: 

          tar -zxf eclipse-cpp-helios-linux-gtk.tar.gz && ./eclipse

[Website]

• Eclipse Linux Tools website
  
• Valgrind support page
• Other "Valgrind Frontends/GUIs"
  
• Valkyrie Memcheck Frontend
  

[Usage]

• Valgrind User Guide (Wiki)
  
• How-to configure Valgrind plugin of Eclipse (with Video Demos)
  
• How-to configure Callgrind plugin of Eclipse
  
• Valgrind Quick Start Guide
  
• Linux Journal How-To (with screen-shots)
  
• How-to use Valgrind with Eclipse as an External Tool
  

[Docs]

• Valgrind How-To from The Linux Documentation Project
• Red Hat C++ Developer Guide (PDF) on how to configure Eclipse CDT, GDB, Valgrind
• Valgrind User manual
• Valgrind 3.3 debugging and profiling manual
  

[Whitepapers]

• Notes on CacheGrind Design and Implementation
  
• Notes on MemGrind Design and Implementation
  
• Paper on potential uses of Valgrind Framework for instrumentation
  

[Interview]

• Interview with Valgrind Author Julian Seward    

[Cpp Check tool integration with Eclipse]

• cppcheclipse integration of with Eclipse CDT from (google code):
• About: http://code.google.com/a/eclipselabs.org/p/cppcheclipse/
• Wiki: http://code.google.com/a/eclipselabs.org/p/cppcheclipse/wiki/Installation
• Download: http://code.google.com/a/eclipselabs.org/p/cppcheclipse/downloads/list