<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Building your project</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../help.css"> </head> <body> <h1>Building your project</h1> <p>Make output and build progress information is displayed in the Console view. The Make Targets view displays makefile actions. The Tasks view displays compile warnings or errors.</p> <p>To build your project:</p> <ol> <li>In the <b>C/C++ Projects</b> view, select the HelloWorld project.</li> <li>Click <b>Project > Build Project</b>.</li> <p>If you see the error message:</p> <p><samp>Exec error:Launching failed</samp></p> <p>then CDT cannot locate the build command, usually <samp>make</samp>. Either your path is not configured correctly or you do not have <samp>make</samp> installed on your system.</p> </ol> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngconcepts.gif" alt="Related concepts" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_projects.htm">CDT Projects</a><br> <a href="../concepts/cdt_c_build_over.htm">Build overview</a><br> </p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngtasks.gif" alt="Related tasks" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../tasks/cdt_o_build_task.htm">Building</a><br> </p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngref.gif" alt="Related reference" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../reference/cdt_u_newproj_buildset.htm">Make Builder page, C/C++ Properties window</a><br> </p> <p> <a href="cdt_w_debug.htm"> <img border="0" src="../images/ngnext.gif" width="16" height="16"></a> <b><a href="cdt_w_debug.htm">Next: Debugging your project</a></b></p> <p align="left"> <a href="cdt_w_newmake.htm"> <img border="0" src="../images/ngback.gif" width="16" height="16"></a> <b><a href="cdt_w_newmake.htm">Back: Creating your makefile</a></b></p> <p> <img src="../images/ng00_04a.gif" alt="IBM Copyright Statement"></p> </body> </html>