2.2.3. Remote Building¶

Sounds absurd! Why would one edit files on one machine, and compile on another? But there is a niche for such kind of activity. The biggest reason being the presence of compiler on host/target machine.

Assuming, you have a setup where compilation takes place on a remote machine, say Linux, but you want to edit your source code in Windows. Can Eclipse Help? How much?

This big issue can be broken into three parts.

(Always) Sync source code from Windows and Linux before build

Trigger build from Windows to Linux

These include

make all

make clean

Sync output paths (Linux to Windows) so that Eclipse can take you to correct location for compiler warnings and errors.

Note

Instead of just speaking of theories, we will see actually happen on a live project here. For this particular use case, we are building A QT based from Windows 7 machine on Ubuntu Linux.

2.2.3.1. Sync source code¶

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2.2.3.2. Trigger Build¶

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2.2.3.3. Handle output paths¶

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2.2.3.4. Tune Error Parser (Optional)¶

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2.2.3.5. Good to Go!¶

This setup worked for me, but I cannot simply say Works For Me.

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Warnings and errors of remote build.