Install Codeblocks IDE (Code::Blocks) in Fedora Linux

Codeblocks IDE or Code::Blocks IDE is a cross platform, open source IDE. This IDE has all the great development tools and features you will ever need. Here’s a small tutorial explaining how to install it in Fedora linux using YUM / Repository.

Install Codeblocks IDE (Code::Blocks) in Fedora Linux

Code::Blocks IDE can be easily installed on Fedora linux using a third party repository. Currently the repositary have packages available for Fedora 12, Fedora 13 and Fedora 14. To install this 3rd party Code::Blocks IDE repository, use these commands,

For Fedora 12

su -c ‘rpm -Uvh http://fedora.danny.cz/danny/danny-release-12-1.noarch.rpm’

For Fedora 13

su -c ‘rpm -Uvh http://fedora.danny.cz/danny/danny-release-13-1.noarch.rpm’

For Fedora 14

su -c ‘rpm -Uvh http://fedora.danny.cz/danny/danny-release-14-1.noarch.rpm’

After installing the repository, use the following command to install the Code::Blocks IDE,

su -c ‘yum install codeblocks’

That’s it. Happy coding on Linux!

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