CLion 2016.1 Help

Requirements for CLion

In this section:

Hardware Requirements

  • 2 GB free RAM
  • 1024x768 minimum screen resolution

System Requirements

Important! Oracle JRE 1.8 is bundled with distributions for all platforms.

General requirements to start development with CLion

In general to develop in C/C++ with CLion you need:

  • CMake at least version 2.8.11 (if you do not want to use the bundled version), make
  • GCC/G++ or Clang, which in case of Windows means using toolchains: MinGW 3.* or MinGW - w64 3.*-4.* or Cygwin 1.7.32 (minimum required) up to 2.0.*.".
  • GDB: 7.8.*(if you do not want to use the bundled version)

Windows

System RequirementsInstallation
  • Windows 7.0 x64, 8.* x64
  • Cygwin x64 with installed packages: GCC/G++, make, gdb 7.8+
    or
    MinGW with installed packages: GCC/G++ and make
  1. Download CLion from the Download page.
  2. Run the clion-*.exe file that starts the Installation Wizard.
  3. Follow all steps suggested by the wizard. Pay special attention to the corresponding installation options.

OS X

System Requirements Installation
  • OS X 10.9.4+
  • GCC/G++ or Clang
  1. Download the clion-*.dmg OS X Disk Image file from the Download page.
  2. Double-click the downloaded clion-*.dmg OS X Disk Image file to mount it.
  3. Copy CLion to your Applications folder.

Note: Open JDK 1.8 customized by the JetBrains team is bundled in OS X distribution.

Linux

System RequirementsInstallation
  • OS Linux
  • KDE, GNOME or Unity DE desktop
  • GCC/G++ or Clang
  1. Download the clion-*.tar.gz file from the Download page.
  2. Unpack the clion-*.tar.gz file to an empty directory using the following command:
    tar xfz clion-*.tar.gz
  3. Because running CLion from wherever you downloaded the file to may be inconvenient, it is recommended that you move the extracted or unpacked archive folder to the desired location using the mv command in one of the following formats:
    • mv <path to extracted archive folder> <new archive folder>
      For example:
      mv /downloads/clion-* my/desired/location
    • mv <path to clion-*.tar.gz> <new archive folder>
      For example:
      mv /downloads/clion-*.tar.gz my/desired/location
  4. Switch to the bin directory in the new location:
    cd <new archive folder>/clion-*/bin
    For example,
    cd my/desired/location/clion-*/bin
  5. Run clion.sh from the bin subdirectory.

Note: Open JDK 1.8 customized by JetBrains is bundled in Linux distribution. In case you are not happy with it, feel free to switch to another JRE installed in your system.

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Last modified: 20 July 2016