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Linux IDEs

Documenting IDEs that work well with DAE Linux engines and tools.

KDevelop

KDevelop is an awesome free and open source IDE for Linux (and Windows + macOS) made in Qt by the KDE team. It provides an experience closest to Visual Studio. Once installed, you can follow these instructions to set it up with any DAE Linux engine:

  1. Use the Project -> Import Project button, and select the directory containing CMakeLists.txt:

A screenshot showing the file explorer open to a directory containing CMakeLists.txt

  1. Hit finish with the default CMake Project Manager selected: A wizard for importing a project, with the aforementioned CMake Project Manager selected.

  2. Accept the default settings, ensuring it will use an empty build directory. Make sure this directory is in your .gitignore! A screenshot showing the project import wizard, indicating it will create a new build directory

  3. Wait for CMake to run. You can see this in the panel at the bottom. After some time, it should finish successfully: The Build window showing successful CMake output. It ends with *** Finished *** and no errors

NOTE: Some projects may produce CMake warnings, namely older ones using SDL. These can be safely ignored, as long as the configure itself finishes.

  1. Now you can hit Execute at the top (or Shift+F9). The first time, you will be asked to select a launch configuration. Simply click Add, then select your target (at the end of the list). For most DAE Linux frameworks, this will be called game. You can leave the settings as default: The Launch Configurations list, showing a target called game after being added
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