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JetBrains CLion (CLion) is a proprietary IDE for C++. For pricing details see https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/buy
Moved to https://develop.kde.org/docs/getting-started/building/ide/clion/
 
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== Install CLion ==
 
E.g. from the official webpage of CLion, select "Get Free 30-day Trial". A file such as https://download-cdn.jetbrains.com/cpp/CLion-2023.2.1.tar.gz will be downloaded. Download it to the directory <code>~/Downloads</code>.
<pre>
mkdir -p ~/.opt/clion
cd ~/Downloads
tar -xzvf CLion-2023.2.1.tar.gz -C ~/.opt/clion --strip-components=1
</pre>
Execute <code>~/.opt/clion/bin/clion.sh</code>. E.g.:
<pre>
~/.opt/clion/bin/clion.sh &
</pre>
 
Select the radio button "Start trial", click on the "Start Trial" button, click on the "Continue" button.
 
Alternatively, on Arch Linux you can install the package [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clion clion].
 
== Open a KDE project in CLion ==
 
Note that I tell kdesrc-build to use the CMake generator "Unix Makefiles" by commenting out the line <code>cmake-generator</code> from the kdesrc-buildrc configuration file. I also need to configure kdesrc-build to use the CMake build configuration "Debug" in order to be able to use the debugger in the IDE, and I use more than 4 CPU threads. For more details see the wiki page for the IDE [[Get_Involved/development/IDE_configuration/Qt_Creator|QtCreator]].
 
<pre>
cmake-options -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
...
num-cores 14
...
#cmake-generator Kate - Ninja
</pre>
 
Build a KDE project e.g.
<pre>
kdesrc-build kcalc --debug
</pre>
 
Look at the output, write down the part similar to:
{{bc|1=
        Running cmake targeting Unix Makefiles...
        cd /home/username/kde/build/kcalc
 
run_logged_command(): Module kcalc, Command: cmake -B . -S /home/username/kde/src/kcalc -G Unix Makefiles -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-pipe -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/username/kde/usr -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64
        Setting environment variable {{color|green|XDG_DATA_DIRS}} to {{color|lime|/home/username/kde/usr/share:/usr/share/plasma:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop}}
        Setting environment variable {{color|green|PATH}} to {{color|lime|/home/username/kde/usr/bin:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/bin:/home/username/.local/bin:/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin}}
        Setting environment variable {{color|green|CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}} to {{color|lime|/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib/cmake:/home/username/kde/usr/lib64/cmake:/home/username/kde/usr/lib/cmake}}
        Setting environment variable {{color|green|PKG_CONFIG_PATH}} to {{color|lime|/home/username/kde/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib/pkgconfig}}
        Setting environment variable {{color|green|LD_LIBRARY_PATH}} to {{color|lime|/home/username/kde/usr/lib:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib}}
        Setting environment variable CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to {{color|lime|/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64:/home/username/kde/usr}}
        Setting environment variable {{color|green|QT_PLUGIN_PATH}} to {{color|lime|/home/username/kde/usr/lib64/plugins:/home/username/kde/usr/lib/plugins}}
}}
 
In the "Welcome to CLion" wizard > "Open" > "/home/username/kde/src/kcalc/CMakeLists.txt" > OK. The dialog "Open Project CMakeLists.txt is a project file. Would you like to open the project?" is shown, select "Open as Project". Enable check box "Trust projects in ~/kde/src" > "Trust Project" button. In the "Open Project Wizard" dialog select "OK".
 
Look at the the part that you have written down from the output of <code>kdesrc-build kcalc --debug</code>.
In Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment select the "Debug" CMake "Profile". "Generator:" "Let CMake decide", "Build directory:" "/home/username/kde/build/kcalc".
 
CMake options:
<pre>
-G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-pipe -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/username/kde/usr -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64
</pre>
 
Convert using a text editor and text replace:
<pre>
        Setting environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS to /home/username/kde/usr/share:/usr/share/plasma:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
        Setting environment variable PATH to /home/username/kde/usr/bin:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/bin:/home/username/.local/bin:/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
        Setting environment variable CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to /home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib/cmake:/home/username/kde/usr/lib64/cmake:/home/username/kde/usr/lib/cmake
        Setting environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH to /home/username/kde/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib/pkgconfig
        Setting environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /home/username/kde/usr/lib:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib
        Setting environment variable CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to /home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64:/home/username/kde/usr
        Setting environment variable QT_PLUGIN_PATH to /home/username/kde/usr/lib64/plugins:/home/username/kde/usr/lib/plugins
</pre>
 
by replacing "        Setting environment variable " with "", and by replacing " to " with "=" to:
<pre>
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/username/kde/usr/share:/usr/share/plasma:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/bin:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/bin:/home/username/.local/bin:/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
CMAKE_MODULE_PATH=/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib/cmake:/home/username/kde/usr/lib64/cmake:/home/username/kde/usr/lib/cmake
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib/pkgconfig
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib:/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64/lib
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/username/Qt/6.6.0/gcc_64:/home/username/kde/usr
QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib64/plugins:/home/username/kde/usr/lib/plugins
</pre>
Select the text block above and in "Environment:" click on the button with the tooltip "Paste". Press "OK" button.
 
<pre>
rm -rf ~/kde/build/kcalc
</pre>
In the bottom left select the button with the tooltip CMake, this will open the CMake tool window. Press the Clear All button, press the "Reload CMake Project" button. Make sure that the output is correct.
From the CLion main menu > Build > Rebuild "kcalc".
 
From the CLion main menu > Run > Edit Configurations... > kcalc > Environment variables: > use the button with the tooltip "Paste" to paste the same text block as above in the "Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment" >"Environment:".
 
Now you can run kcalc correctly, from the CLion main menu > Run > Run 'kcalc' Shift + F10.
 
Now you can debug kcalc correctly, from the CLion main menu > Run > Debug 'kcalc' Shift + F9.
 
If CLion starts the process kcalc (for running or for debugging), you can make sure that the process was started correctly. In Clion >  in the bottom left button "Debug Alt + 5" > tab "GDB" > run the command <code>info proc</code>. It says:
<pre>
(gdb) info proc
process 89954
cmdline = '/home/username/kde/build/kcalc/bin/kcalc'
cwd = '/home/username/kde/build/kcalc/bin'
exe = '/home/username/kde/build/kcalc/bin/kcalc'
</pre>
 
In a terminal:
<pre>
xargs -0 printf %s\\n < /proc/89954/environ
</pre>
The value of the environment variables should be the same as in part that you have written down from the output of <code>kdesrc-build kcalc --debug</code>.
 
Ignore the rest of this wiki page.
 
== Old ==
 
Open a new project in CLion. Locate it to the folder with CMakeLists.txt. It will ask how do you want to open the project. Select CMake project.
 
[[File:Clion open as cmake project.png|frameless|300px|open as cmake project]]
 
In CMake configuration, choose Debug build. In the Generator, set "Let Cmake decide". In the Build directory, insert the build directory path, for example, "/home/username/kde/build/dolphin".
 
[[File:Clion build configuration.png|frameless|700px|build configuration]]
 
In this same window, under CMake options, we must set some important variables such as CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. If the prefix was in "/home/username/kde", then the CMake options line would look like:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr
-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib64/cmake:/home/username/kde/usr/lib/cmake
-DQT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib64/plugins:/home/username/kde/usr/lib/plugins
-DXDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/username/kde/usr/share
</syntaxhighlight>
 
You probably would want to save that to file `~/kde/clion_cmake_options.txt` for future use.
 
Press OK.
 
In the run/debug target (in the upper right corner of main window), select "dolphin".
 
[[File:Clion select run debug configuration.png|frameless|300px|select run debug configuration]]
 
Expand it and choose Edit.
 
[[File:Clion go to run debug configuration edit.png|frameless|300px|go to run debug configuration edit]]
 
The Run/Debug Configurations window will appear.
 
[[File:Clion run debug configuration.png|frameless|500px|run debug configuration]]
 
In the Environment variables field click edit button.
 
You can add variables in there manually or reuse exports from <code>prefix.sh</code> script from build directory.
 
Note: if you want to modify debugging output messages, you can add corresponding variables there. See [[Guidelines and HOWTOs/Debugging/Using Error Messages#Controlling_Messages]].
 
[[File:Clion run environment variables.png|frameless|400px|run debug variables configuration]]
 
=== Reusing existing prefix.sh ===
 
For convenience, copy the <code>/home/username/kde/build/dolphin/prefix.sh</code> to <code>/home/username/kde/clion_run_environment.sh</code>. [https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/2023.2/run-debug-configuration.html#envvars-progargs Use] the following syntax for setting variables in that script: <code>export VAR=value</code>.
 
In the Environment Variables dialog, in the Load Variables from file field, paste the path <code>/home/username/kde/clion_run_environment.sh</code>.
 
=== Setting variables manually ===
 
Translate the content of the file <code>~/kde/build/dolphin/prefix.sh</code> to the variables list that you can paste to CLion. E.g. if <code>~/kde/build/dolphin/prefix.sh</code> is like:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
export PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/bin:$PATH
 
# LD_LIBRARY_PATH only needed if you are building without rpath
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/username/kde/usr/share:${XDG_DATA_DIRS:-/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/}
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/username/kde/usr/etc/xdg:${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc/xdg}
 
export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plugins:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH
export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qml:$QML2_IMPORT_PATH
 
export QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/:$QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH
</syntaxhighlight>
 
Then the same thing in the form of variables list for CLion looks like this block of text:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/bin:$PATH$
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/username/kde/usr/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS$:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/}
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/username/kde/usr/etc/xdg:$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS$:/etc/xdg
QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plugins:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH$
QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qml:$QML2_IMPORT_PATH$
QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH=/home/username/kde/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/:$QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH$
</syntaxhighlight>
 
You probably want to save the above block of text, in order to reuse it when loading other KDE git repositories in CLion. E.g. to file <code>~/kde/clion_run_environment.txt</code>.
 
Then in the Environment Variables dialog, paste the contents of the <code>~/kde/clion_run_environment.txt</code>.
 
== Additional settings ==
 
In the Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Toolchains you can use bundled cmake and gdb. In Arch Linux their versions are very recent and not yet supported by CLion. They can be installed with [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clion-cmake clion-cmake] and [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clion-gdb clion-gdb].
 
[[File:Clion use bundled cmake and gdb.png|frameless|500px|use bundled cmake and gdb]]
 
== Tips and Tricks ==
 
=== Set defaults for new projects ===
 
For convenience, you can specify default settings for new opened projects. This allows you to not set it manually for each new project you open in CLion.
 
Go to '''File | New Projects Setup | Settings for New Projects'''. The '''Build, Execution, Deployment | CMake''' page will be opened. Open the ''Debug'' profile.
 
In the ''Generator'' field choose 'Let CMake decide'.
 
In the ''Build directory'' field type: <code>$PROJECT_DIR$/../../build/$PROJECT_NAME$</code>.
 
Press OK button.

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