Using CodeBlocks for C (in CSC173)

George Ferguson

Last update: Summer 2021

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This document was written for CodeBlocks “17.12_OSX64” and very minimally tested on macOS 11.5.1 Big Sur. In fact, CodeBlocks doesn’t work very well on macOS, but I can say a couple of things about setting the compiler options as required for CSC173.

After creating your “Console Application” using C...

To set the compiler options:

• From the Settings menu, select “Compiler...”
  • Compiler Settings tab > Compiler Flags tab
    • General: check -std=c99
    • Warnings: check -Wall
  • Other Compiler Options tab
    • type: -Werror
• click OK

To change the name of the executable (default is the same as the project name):

• Select the project
• From the Project menu, select “Properties...”
• Build targets > Output: bin/Debug/hello (whatever you want in place of “hello” for the executable name