# Setup Eclipse
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setup-eclipse/3410
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [May 25, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setup-eclipse/3410 "2021-05-25T22:55:05Z")
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### Author:  [@keyara](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/keyara)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setup-eclipse/3410/1 "2021-05-25T22:55:05Z")
I have everything installed but I don’t have the understanding to set up cmake for eclipse.
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### Author:  [@adaldev](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/adaldev)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setup-eclipse/3410/2 "2021-05-28T06:49:32Z")
Not a full answer but some hints/links.
It depends on what exactly you wants to do (the level of customization you need).
- First of all, it seems that you can generate eclipse projects directly from CMake: [https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/generator/Eclipse%20CDT4.html](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/generator/Eclipse%20CDT4.html)
- Maybe you can use an Eclipse plugin: Help/Eclipse Marketplace search for CMake (you’ll have to look at each plugin doc to see if it fits your need)
- You can directly configure Eclipse to call CMake, and then build with the generated CMake (CMake can be associated to a “custom command” button (see Eclipse doc) and then, in each project build settings, change default setting to use your custom makefile.
- You may follow this step by step procedures that is a (detailed) variant of above proposal: [JV - Science and stuff.](https://jvgomez.github.io/pages/how-to-configure-a-cc-project-with-eclipse-and-cmake.html)
Sorry to not be more specific but I hope it will help.
regards
A.