Click this radio-button to use Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. Note: this section is is available only when the experimental support for Microsoft Visual C++ compiler is turned on. For more details refer to our tutorial.
MinGW home
Click this radio-button to use MinGW. If your MinGW home directory has non-standard location (for example, not like a C:\MinGW), click and select it manually.
Cygwin home
Click this radio-button to use Cygwin. If your Cygwin home directory has non-standard location (for example, not like a C:\cygwin64), click and select it manually.
Warning!: In case when Cygwin is selected, CLion utilizes Cygwin instance of GDB instead of its own instance. Make sure that you had installed this package during cygwin64 installation.
CMake executable
Item
Description
Bundled CMake
Click this radio-button to use bundled CMake version
Custom
Click this radio-button to use CMake version you prefer instead of bundled one. Click to specify its home directory.
Debugger (Windows)
Item
Description
Bundled GDB
Click this radio-button to use GDB version bundled with CLion.
Custom
Click this radio-button to use your preferred version of GDB instead of bundled with CLion. Click and specify its executable path.
Debugger (macOS and Linux)
Item
Description
Bundled LLDB
Click this radio button to use LLDB bundled with CLion.
Note: This option is available for macOS and Linux users only.
Bundled GDB
Click this radio-button to use GDB version bundled with CLion.
Custom GDB
Click this radio-button to use your preferred version of GDB instead of bundled with CLion. Click and specify its executable path.
Verification status
Item
Description
Verification status area
Once it is set, CLion verifies the configuration. The following example illustrates successful verification:
Example below demonstrates the case when the system failed to find out the specified path to GDB home directory:
and select it manually.
