How to use external makefile in Eclipse

Morpheus picture Morpheus · Mar 31, 2010 · Viewed 55.9k times · Source

I have a source code of an OpenSource project which I get from SVN. I was able to run autogen --> configure --> and make successfully (through the terminal). But I want to build the same project with Eclipse, and I can't port manually those source files to eclipse though. So, How can I set Eclipse to use external make files ? can anyone please help me ? Thanks.

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Morpheus picture Morpheus · Apr 16, 2010

Ok, I got it, It was straightforward. Just go to project properties --> C/C++ Build --> Make file generation --> and untick "Generate Make files automatically". In additionally you may have to set the Build location also.