- How to install Code Blocks 13.12 on Linux Mint 18.3
- Instaling Code Blocks
- How to Install Code Blocks on Linux Mint 21
- How to Install Code Blocks on Linux Mint 21
- Install Code Blocks through Terminal
- Install Code Blocks through GUI
- Conclusion
- About the author
- Syeda Wardah Batool
- codeblocks on Linux Mint 20.3 «Una»
- 2. Uninstall / Remove codeblocks package
- 3. Details of codeblocks package
- 4. References on Linux Mint 20.3 «Una»
- 5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions
How to install Code Blocks 13.12 on Linux Mint 18.3
The Code Blocks is a free, open-source cross platform IDE that supports multiple compilers including GCC, Clang and Visual C++. It has its own compilers, code editor, debugger, GUI desinger, user migration and more. It is so simple to install Code Blocks 13.12 on Linux Mint 18.3.
Instaling Code Blocks
First, make sure you add the necessary repository package to install code blocks and for that, you need to make use of the following command.
linuxhelp ~ # add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa You are about to add the following PPA: This repository contains collection of customized, updated, ported and backported packages for two last LTS releases and latest pre-LTS release. Packages for older releases relocated to ppa:eugenesan/archive or deleted. . . gpg: requesting key 8313A596 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: key 8313A596: public key " Launchpad synergy+" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
The repositories are added successfully. Now update the repo by executing the apt-get update command.
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB] . . Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,064 B] Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [3,812 B] Fetched 5,472 kB in 8s (661 kB/s) Reading package lists. Done
After the system package repositories has been updated install the code block using the following command.
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install codeblocks Reading package lists. Done Building dependency tree Reading state information. Done The following additional packages will be installed: codeblocks-common libcodeblocks0 libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 Suggested packages: libwxgtk3.0-dev codeblocks-contrib Recommended packages: Xterm . . Setting up libcodeblocks0 (13.12+dfsg-4) . Setting up codeblocks-common (13.12+dfsg-4) . Setting up codeblocks (13.12+dfsg-4) . Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) .
Once the Code Block installation is through, you can launch the application by using the Linux Mint search field.
With this, the tutorial on installation of Code Blocks on Linux Mint 18.3 comes to an end.
How to Install Code Blocks on Linux Mint 21
Code Blocks is an open source, cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to implement a custom build system. It provides a rich platform for its developers to create, deploy, code, and debug, and hence can customize their own environment.
Code Blocks rich features include extensibility, syntax highlighting, debugger, parallel builds, customizable, data modeling, compatibility test, and many more. It is developed in C language and an ideal platform for C, C++, and FORTRAN programming languages.
How to Install Code Blocks on Linux Mint 21
In Linux operating system, we have two approaches to install Code Blocks:
Install Code Blocks through Terminal
In the first step, you’re required to update the Linux Mint system to let the repositories update:
Execute the given-below command to install the Code Blocks application through the default repository:
Now, you can launch the application by typing “codeblocks” in terminal:
However, if you want to remove it from the system, type:
Install Code Blocks through GUI
You can also install the Code Blocks tool from the graphical interface. Open the Software Manager, type Code Blocks in the search bar and select the right one:
Navigate towards the Install button and click on it:
Enter the correct password of Linux Mint and hit to Authenticate button:
Click to Launch button to get it on the screen:
You can also uninstall it by clicking the Remove button.
Conclusion
Code Blocks is a light-weighted Integrated Development Environment used to create, debug, and deploy programming projects. It has a simple user interface with rich features and is extensible through plugins. It comes with a wide range of compilers like Intel, LCC, Microsoft Visual C++, Open Watcom, and many more. This article has mentioned the details of how to install Code Blocks using a terminal and GUI on Linux Mint 21.
About the author
Syeda Wardah Batool
I am a Software Engineer Graduate and Self Motivated Linux writer. I also love to read latest Linux books. Moreover, in my free time, i love to read books on Personal development.
codeblocks on Linux Mint 20.3 «Una»
In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install codeblocks package:
2. Uninstall / Remove codeblocks package
Please follow the instructions below to uninstall codeblocks package:
3. Details of codeblocks package
Package: codeblocks
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20.03-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: David Paleino
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7704
Depends: codeblocks-common (= 20.03-3), libastyle3, libcodeblocks0 (>= 20.03), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinyxml2.6.2v5, libwxbase3.0-0v5 (>= 3.0.4+dfsg), libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5 (>= 3.0.4+dfsg-10~)
Recommends: gcc | g++, gdb, xterm
Suggests: codeblocks-contrib, libwxgtk3.0-dev
Filename: pool/universe/c/codeblocks/codeblocks_20.03-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1904124
MD5sum: 0a9fcbae235c3daf94004c62fe0a1833
SHA1: c87721b1731a3217f729a572ab44cd7b1f3ad423
SHA256: f7f7f82d0878b829f166df92186166f9a3bd8951a69a19a045fd349affc5d16f
Homepage: http://codeblocks.org
Description: Code::Blocks integrated development environment (IDE)
Description-md5: 085a469fb5f38916d82842e097c6fda4
4. References on Linux Mint 20.3 «Una»
5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions
codeblocks (16.01+dfsg-2.1) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
codeblocks (13.12+dfsg-4) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
codeblocks (20.03-3) Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)
codeblocks (20.03-3) Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)
codeblocks (20.03-3) Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
codeblocks (20.03-3.1) Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
codeblocks (16.01+dfsg-2.1) Debian 10 (Buster)