Startup error. Binary not found. CDT on Eclipse Helios

Question

I am using Eclipse Helios on Ubuntu 10.04 and I am trying to install the CDT plugin on it. I downloaded it here here .

And then I go to Install new software and select the zip file (I do not extract it, just select the zip file). And this is normal, it installs, everything works fine, it shows additional functions, blah blah blah.

And then I create a new HelloWorld project. And when I try to run it, it shows an error and says:

The launch failed. Binary file not found.

Can someone explain to me how to fix this?

Thank.

Answer 1

Before you start it, you must create an executable file. Therefore, if you do not create a BUILD file, it will not be able to link and load this object file, and therefore it does not have the required binary numbers to execute.

So basically right click on Project -> Build Project -> Run As Local C/C++ Application to do the trick

Answer 2

First you need to make sure that the project has been built. You can create a project using the hammer icon on the toolbar. You can choose the version of Debug or Release. If you cannot build the project, the problem is that you either do not have a compiler installed, or that the IDE does not find the compiler.

To find out if it’s installed on a Mac, you can run the following command from the command line:

 g++ --version 

If it is already installed (it is installed when installing the Xcode tools), you can see its location:

 which g++ 

If you were able to create the project, but you still get the message "binary not found", the problem may be that the project does not create a default launch setting. In this case, do the following:

 Right click project > Run As > Run Configurations... > 

Then create a new configuration in the "Application C / C ++"> Enter the full path to the executable file (the file that was created at the build stage and which will exist in the Debug or Release folder). Your launch configuration should look like this:

Answer 3

Go to Run-> Run Configuration -> now

In the C / C ++ application, you will see the name of your executable file + Debugging (if not, press the C / C ++ application a couple of times). Select a name (in this case projectTitle + Debug ).

In this section of the main application Tab → C / C ++ → Search for your project → in binary files, select the binary code under your project ....

Answer 4

You must "build" before "run", otherwise "Binary not found". You can configure "Auto build" to be created and launched. Check this post to configure "Auto build" http://situee.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-set-eclipse-cdt-auto-build.html

Answer 5

I had this problem for a long time and I could not understand the answer. I added all the paths, built everything, and to a large extent followed what everyone offered, but no luck.

Finally, I read the comments and saw that there were some compilation errors that interrupted the procedure before creating the binaries and exe file.

Bottom line: review the code and make sure that there are no errors in your code, because sometimes eclipse will not always catch everything.

If you can run the basic world of hi and not your own code, then obviously something is wrong with your code. I learned the hard way.

Answer 6

I had the same problem, and I found a solution in anwser to another question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/316618/

Basically, installing a CDT does not install the compiler, and the Eclipse error messages are not explicit about this.

Answer 7

I ran into the same problem. I have Eclipse Indigo and Eclipse Luna on Ubuntu. I tried many solutions but no one worked. Here is how you can try :) Try in order :)

• Either make Build All, or then compile :)
• Install g ++ compiler
• Windows-> Preferences-> NEW CDT PRoject-> Makefile-> Binary Parsers-> Choose Cywin or Window PE depending on your Os :)
• Change your toolchain to cywin gcc
• Project-> Properties-> Environment-> Release Active

After 1,2, 3, and 4, I tried to change paths and other things, but nothing worked. In the end, I noticed that he noted that Debug Active is not configured. So when I changed it to Release Active, it worked. Please note that a change in environment and path is not required.

Answer 8

I had the same problem when installing Eclipse applications for c / C ++. I downloaded Mingw GCC , put the bin folder in your path , used it in tool chains, making a new C ++ project in Eclipse and build , which solved my problem. Link to this video

Answer 9

It seems that when creating "Build Automatically" in the "Project" menu, you should take care of all this. This is done for Java.

Answer 10

make sure GDB is installed on your system ...

If you use a Linux-based OS just in the terminal type:

 sudo apt-get install gdt 

when the download is complete, extract the file and install.

close your IDE (in this case, eclipse and open it again and run the project.

Answer 11

Adding the compiler to PATH fixed the problem for me ...

 export PATH="$HOME/opt/cross/bin:$PATH" 

Answer 12

My problem was the same as one commenter above. I had to change the binary parser to the correct one (PE for Windows, ELF for Linux, mach for mac)

Answer 13

If you still have an error even after creating the project, try this:

• left-click on Project Explorer binaries
• click the green button "Play" (Run debugging)