Code Blocks Won't work on Mac

I realize that this is an old post but it may help others.

I just completely uninstalled and re-installed CodeBlocks-13.12 for Mac.

I created a New Project from the File menu and clicked on the Run button.

It compiled fine but no console appeared, just like the Original Poster described!

I launched the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) just to make sure it worked.

That's all I did. Thereafter, CodeBlocks worked fine.

So, if you've never launched the Terminal, you apparently need to launch it once

after installing CodeBlocks for CodeBlocks to work properly. There might be an

an explanation but it seems inconvenient that it doesn't work the first time.

(Also, you need to disable two user-contributed plugins: keyboard shortcuts and

code completion.)

Hope this helps someone.

Hello I did as you said. But it is not working for me. There is no output. Help me please.

Google search results tell me that "Codeblocks is a cross-platform IDE built around wxWidgets, designed to be extensible and configurable. Runs on Windows and Linux"

Why on earth would you ever use such a thing? Is this a requirement for the class? You don't want it.

If this is a requirement for the class, you might be able to get Codeblocks from MacPorts or something. You could build it yourself, but you would have to learn a bit about Xcode and other stuff first - the catch-22 of open source.

But to reiterate, you don't want to use Codeblocks for anything. It is a waste of your time. If it is required for this class, drop the class and find another one.

Update:

CodeBlocks Version 13.12 works too.

However, you need to disable a couple of plugins that are mis-behaving.

On the MenuBar: Plugins->Plugins Manager

Disable: Code completion and Keyboard shortcuts.

1. Hmm, it's possible that your keybindings (on your Mac) have been previously set.

Open System Preferences (click the Apple symbol at top left of your screen).

Click the keyboard icon, then the Shortcuts tab. There is a Restore Defaults

button. You can look through the various categories but Keyboard seems the

most relevant. Perhaps clicking Restore Defaults will solve the problem.

2. Check again that you have actually disabled the two mis-behaving plugins.

3. Are you using a US keyboard? Just a thought but some keyboards have different

keycode mappings. You can search the internet for ways to remap the keyboard.

4. Copy/paste - this seems a bit extreme but it can get you through in a pinch.

Find an example of square brackets on the internet and copy them into a handy

place (like in a comment at the top of your program). Then, whenever you need

them, copy them into place.

5. Search the internet (stackexchange, for example) for others who are reporting

a similar problem with the Code::Blocks IDE for C++ programming. This is not

the same problem as the original poster reported.

I can't find the menubar! Any suggestions where to find it. Thank you.

Try reposting your error screenshot - you can upload images directly to the server by clicking the camera icon in the editor toolbar, otherwise you will need a link to someplace accessible (no one will be able to see your file with that link).

Update to the 2-January-2013 12.11-SP1 Code::Blocks release for OS X. Have you shared this issue on the Code::Blocks forum or with them directly? Have you tried to compile your code on another platform in Code::Blocks?

You might want to post this over on the developer area in the Apple Support Community.

Whatever happened to the legacy compilation sequence:

gcc -O2 -o alyssahello alyssahello.c

I've been trying to get this thing to work for years.

How long is this course? Has to be one of the longest running programming classes going. 😀

You're not getting any errors acording to the printouts you posted, both the compile and the second thing that ran exited with 0. So what is the problem?

I've been using both CodeBlocks and Xcode on Mac for a couple of years.

Xcode is great for developing Mac applications.

CodeBlocks is great if you need a cross-platform IDE.

I'll outline the steps I used to get it working (fairly simple).

1. Get CodeBlocks version 12.11

Don't go here:

http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads (note: 13.12 is known to have a problem on Mac).

Instead, go here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/files/Binaries/12.11/

Click on MacOS and get the .dmg (unless you're more comfortable with .zip).

Read the comments below the download options.

2. After download and installation, drag CodeBlocks.app into your ~/Applications folder.

3. Start CodeBlocks and disable a couple of plugins that cause problems.

Click Menu->Plugins, then Plugin Manager.

The plugins are alphabetized. Find the following and disable them.

command completion

keyboard shortcuts

Examining your screenshot a little closer, I suspect you may not have selected Console Application.

You can check by clicking Menu->Project->Properties, Build targets. Find "Type:" in the

"Selected build target options" section. It should say "Console application". If it doesn't,

change it and click "OK".

I don't recall having to do anything else. Create a project (Hello world) and run.

Please report whether this solves your problem - thanks.

the same error repeats

Thank you so much! I had been fighting with this for hours! Completely solved my problem.

It does not work for me. I can not to write square brackets yet. Could you help me, please?

Thanks! It solved my problem!