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CodeLite 13.0

This page gives links to the available binary packages for CodeLite 13.0. Its RAD plugin wxCrafter. which has recently become Free Open-Source Software, is now included in all the CodeLite packages. See this page for links to packages from the previous CodeLite and wxCrafter release.

Note that the CodeLite packages incorporate the required wxWidgets libraries (a patched version of wx3.1.3), so there is no need to install wxWidgets too. Of course you can if you wish, and you'll need to do so to build apps against wxWidgets. CodeLite doesn't (yet) require wx3.1 though, and you can still build your own against wx3.0.x if you prefer.

CodeLite apt repositories

Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) and later have official CodeLite packages. Therefore, to avoid a name-clash, our CodeLite packages have 'unofficial' appended to the name. See below for more details.

Important

Except for fedora, previous CodeLite releases have used GTK+2. For CodeLite 13.0 we are also providing GTK+3-based packages. To avoid conflicts and reduce confusion, these are in separate repositories. Also note that, to save time and CPU-cycles, I am no longer building i386 packages. I suspect that very few people would use them nowadays.

To download CodeLite for Debian based systems (Debian / Mint / Ubuntu etc):

  • Add the CodeLite public key to avoid warnings or worse from apt/aptitude
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys http://repos.codelite.org/CodeLite.asc
  • Now let apt know that the repositories exist by adding the proper line from Table 1 or 2:
    • If you use an apt front-end e.g. synaptic, tell it to Add a repository, using as data the appropriate entry from the tables below
    • If you do things by hand, add the appropriate URLs from the tables to /etc/apt/sources.list (you need to become superuser) :

For example, if you use Ubuntu eoan (19.10) and want a GTK+2 CodeLite, either open /etc/apt/sources.list in an editor (as superuser) and append the proper line from Table 2, or else use apt-add-repository in a terminal:

 sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu-13.0/ eoan universe'

Table 1: CodeLite repositories (GTK+3):

Distro/release Lines to append
debian stretch deb https://repos.codelite.org/debian3-13.0/ stretch devel
debian buster deb https://repos.codelite.org/debian3-13.0/ buster devel
ubuntu bionic deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu3-13.0/ bionic universe
ubuntu cosmic deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu3-13.0/ cosmic universe
ubuntu disco deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu3-13.0/ disco universe
ubuntu eoan deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu3-13.0/ eoan universe

Table 2: CodeLite repositories (GTK+2):

Distro/release Lines to append
debian stretch deb https://repos.codelite.org/debian-13.0/ stretch devel
debian buster deb https://repos.codelite.org/debian-13.0/ buster devel
ubuntu xenial deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu-13.0/ xenial universe
ubuntu bionic deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu-13.0/ bionic universe
ubuntu cosmic deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu-13.0/ cosmic universe
ubuntu disco deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu-13.0/ disco universe
ubuntu eoan deb https://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu-13.0/ eoan universe

You then need to update your repositories. In synaptic, click the Reload button. If you're doing things by hand, do:

sudo apt update
  • You should now be able to install CodeLite in the normal way through synaptic, or by doing:
sudo apt install codelite

Tip

The Ubuntu packages should also work on other *buntus, and on derivatives e.g. Mint.

Apt

You can see which versions are available by doing:

apt-cache madison codelite

Then you can select which version to install. For example, to prefer the official 12.0 package in debian buster, use the line:

sudo apt-get install codelite=12.0*

Synaptic

You can see which versions are available in the 'Versions' tab of Properties. Then use Package > Force Version followed by Apply. You may wish also to use Package > Lock Version.

Official versus unofficial CodeLite packages


For a long time the official debian and ubuntu repositories supplied only the ancient CodeLite 6.1. However since ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) it has been updated to CodeLite 9.1 or later, and debian stretch has 10.0. This is very welcome, but creates a name-clash with any packages we supply. Therefore, starting with CodeLite 9.2, our debian packages have 'unofficial' added to the version e.g. codelite_13.0-1unofficial2.eoan_amd64.deb or (using GTK+3) codelite_13.0-1unofficial3.buster_amd64.deb. This allows you to select which to install using apt (or aptitude or synaptic).

CodeLite RPMs

There are rpms available for fedora 30 and 31, and openSUSE Leap 15 and 15.1 (the packages work on either):

Distro GTK+2 GTK+3
fedora (No GTK+2 build) 30 31
openSUSE 15 and 15.1 15 and 15.1

First tell rpm about the CodeLite public key. As superuser do:

rpm --import https://repos.codelite.org/CodeLite.asc

Then either download the required rpm and install it as usual, or download and install in one step; e.g.

rpm -Uvh https://repos.codelite.org/rpms-13.0/fedora/codelite-13.0-1.fc31.x86_64.rpm

There are also source rpms for fedora and openSUSE GTK+2 and openSUSE GTK+3.

ArchLinux

CodeLite is available on ArchLinux via their AUR repository

To install codelite:

yaourt -S codelite

wxCrafter binary packages

As the above CodeLite 13.0 packages already contain wxCrafter, its gui-designer plugin, there is no need for a separate download. However if you wish to use wxCrafter with CodeLite 12.0 or older, please see this page.

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