Using Eclipse for CUDA Development

Here is how I got Eclipse (Ganymede) working with CUDA in Ubuntu 8.04. This includes syntax highlighting and having Eclipse use NVidia's makefiles. After setting up CUDA in Ubuntu, Installing Eclipse, setting up Eclipse for graphics programming, here's what I did:

Syntax Highlighting for .cu Files:
Window -> Preferences -> in C/C++ -> File Types -> New -> enter "*.cu" and select "C++ Source File"

Working with NVidia's Makefiles:
Here we'll make a copy of NVidia's template project and set it up in Eclipse.
cd NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/projects/
cp -r template/ foobar/

In Eclipse:
New -> C++ Project ->

• Project Name: "Foobar"
• uncheck "Use default location"
• Location: "/home/yourusername/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/projects/foobar"
• Project types: Executable -> Empty Project
  

-> Next -> uncheck "Debug", select "Release" -> Advanced Settings ->
in "C/C++ build" ->

• in "Builder Settings" tab -> uncheck "Generate Makefiles"
• Build Directory: "${workspace_loc:/foobar}"
• in "Behaviour" tab -> Build (incremental build):"" (delete "all")
  

in C/C++ build -> Environment ->

• Add -> Name: "PATH" Value: "/usr/local/cuda/bin" -> OK
• Select PATH -> Edit -> Value: change ";/usr/local/cuda/bin" to ":/usr/local/cuda/bin"
  

-> Ok -> Finish

Ctrl+b to build should work now.

In Makefile, replace "EXECUTABLE := template" with "EXECUTABLE := foobar" so it puts the executable in the right place.

To set up Eclipse to run it:
Run -> Run Configurations -> select "C/C++ Local Application" -> "New launch configuration (click the leftmost icon on the top) ->

• Name: "Foobar Release"
• Project: Foobar
• C/C++ Application: "/home/yourusername/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/bin/linux/release/foobar"

-> Apply -> Close

Try Ctrl+F11 to run.

At this point I got:
error while loading shared libraries: libcudart.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Solution: (thanks to this guy)
sudo sh -c "echo /usr/local/cuda/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf; ldconfig"

Ctrl+F11 works! Finally!!

I am trying to use FindCuda.cmake, but I haven't been able to get it working. Please post if you have figured out another way to use Eclipse with CUDA, or if this post helped, or if you see something unnecessary or which could be done more elegantly. Thanks!

Links:
FindCuda.cmake
NVidia Sample Makefiles working in Eclipse (on a Mac)
NVidia Forum thread asking for a CDT CUDA plugin