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What is the difference between eclipse-cdt and eclipse IDE?

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kanavath kullayappa
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    The eclipse ide is a generic development framework. eclipse-cdt is eclipse with the c/c++ plugins for c/c++ development – ubfan1 Sep 14 '18 at 00:09

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Eclipse provides IDEs and platforms for nearly every language and architecture. The eclipse package supports Java out of the box and the eclipse-cdt package supports C and C++.

  • The eclipse package provides the whole Eclipse SDK that contains Eclipse Platform, Java development tools and Plug-in Development Environment, including source and both user and programmer documentation. The best way to install the latest version of Eclipse for Java in Ubuntu 14.04, currently Eclipse Photon, is to install the eclipse snap package as follows:

    sudo apt install snapd   
sudo snap install eclipse --classic

  • The eclipse-cdt package contains Eclipse features and plugins that are useful for C and C++ development. 

    sudo apt install eclipse-cdt
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