I wanted to do some development for the Raspberry PI. So, my first idea is to use c++ for the task, and use it from my laptop, instead of using the ssh and the oldies development environments.

I prefer to use a decent IDE (Eclipse for C++) for the task, and debug remotely from my

So, the objectives are:

1. To develop in C++ for the Raspberry PI
2. To do it in eclipse, in my computer
3. To compile in my computer, and debug remotely in the Raspberry PI
4. Moreover, to use libraries specifically compiled for the raspberry pi (log4cpp, libconfig)

This setting will configure a development environment optimal for develop and create programs in the raspberry pi.

Previous tasks I did in my raspberry pi:

1. Configure other user than pi, and delete the original pi user
2. Configure static IP

First, install the Java Runtime Environment by doing:

# sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

And then, install the eclipse: I've went to http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and located Eclipse CDT (specific for development in C/C++) and install it.

The “good” cross compiler is the one that comes in the Raspberry Pi kernel building instructions: reject other recipes that simply are for other boards/architectures (boards with arithmetic coprocesor, and things like that).

As it says in the webpage, can download it at https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools. I've downloaded the tools in ~/tools-master. So, because my linux system is 64 bits, the path for the compiler is in ~/tools-master/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian-x64/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin.

Don't forget the path in the previous step, because you will need to create your first hello world project in eclipse.