Setting up VSCode

1. Install GCC, gdb, and cmake

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential gdb cmake

2. Check gcc and cmake versions.

jpt@100834-pc:~/git/cpp_trial$ gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:hsa
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
...
gcc version 9.4.0 (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1)

jpt@100834-pc:~/git/cpp_trial/build$ cmake --version
cmake version 3.16.3

1. Install homebrew
2. brew install cmake gdb

This uses cmake to create a make file. See the CMakeLists.txt for instructions on how the make file is generated.

1. git clone XXXX
2. cd cpp_boilerplate
3. Download Eigen 3.4.0
4. Untar and get only the Eigen folder inside eigen-3.4.0 and that put in external_include folder.
5. cd .. && mkdir build
6. cd build
7. cmake ..
8. make
9. run ./my_program ../data/load.csv

I have included a launch.json and tasks.json in the .vscode folder. Launch sets up the program to run and tasks include the pre launch tasks it must execute. This includes running cmake with the debug flag.

1. Setup C/C++ for Visual Studio Code
2. Eigen C++ Template Library
3. Setting up gdb with make file in VS Code