NEW FEATURE SUGGESTION

[Boki]

Hi there,

Here is an idea for a new feature in C::B IDE, it's base on what I have seen in SimplyFortran IDE. The feature is EXTERNAL PACKAGE MANAGER. This feature automatically installs free external packages and places appropriate flags for linking/compiling. Almost all eng/sci users of C++ and Fortran need LAPACK(Fortran)/LAPACKE(C/C++) free external libraries, also they need MPI(MPICH2) library for parallel processing. Now, these are just a few examples, and there are plenty of free libraries out there. It's pain in the neck to properly install them and use. By adding this feature you would immensely benefit the community.

Here is the example from SimplyFortran: http://packages.simplyfortran.com/


 Thanks so much!!!!!!

[stahta01]

We already have the devpak plugin that tries to answer that need.

The problem is without good packages it is NOT worth much.

And, the newbie users can NOT seem to understand what a Compiler is; this makes it very hard to support newbies and C++ packages since the compiler needs to match and most often the compiler version needs to match.

But, I do think you have a good suggestion; it is just that the solution is much more work than creating a plugin.

NOTE: The devpack plugin is NOT newbie friendly in that it requires the newbie to setup more stuff in CB than I think most newbies can do.

Tim S.