Ошибка eclipse a program files

I am facing some problems regarding eclipse for c/c++. I am trying to create a new project, I provide the code, and after running the code I get this error:

The program file specified in the launch configuration does not exist
C:UserselisabethworkspacemmDebugmm.exe not found

Please notice that I am working with spice toolkit; I set the path for the «include» files and the libraries, but still I can not have a result.

What causes this error and how can I resolve it?

You can create a run configuration. Go to Run > Run Configurations. Click New button, fill C/C++ Application field, i.e., insert path to your executable. The new configuration will appear in the list which appears when you click to the arrow next to run button.

Of course this assumes your can build without problems, otherwise you won’t see an executable to point to.

answered Dec 6, 2012 at 14:34

You can clean the project, build it again and run it as a local C/C++ application. Simplified steps as follows,

1. Right click on the project
2. Clean Project
3. Again Right click on the project
4. Build Project
5. Again Right click on the project
6. Run As ->
7. Local C/C++ Application

answered Jun 14, 2014 at 19:26

As the error reads:

C:UserselisabethworkspacemmDebugmm.exe not found

1. First of all you need to check whether there is an executable «mm.exe» in your Debug folder. (Of course, it is not there and that is why the error)

2. Go to Project > Clean
   and you should see some files being deleted from your Debug folder

3. Go to Project > Build Project
   and you should see some new files being generated e.g. mm.d, mm.o, mm. This «mm» is probably the executable you’re looking for

4. Now that you know what your executable is, you should tell eclipse what file to execute instead of mm.exe. Go to Project properties and in run debug settings create a new configuration (or edit an existing configuration, if there is one already). In this configuration, in main tab, in C/C++ Application specify a full path to «mm». Which, in your case is — "C:UserselisabethworkspacemmDebugmm"
   A better way to do this in eclipse is:

   ${project_loc}/»your folder»/»your executable file»

e.g.${project_loc}/Debug/mm

what worked for me is file->refresh

then do the Debug configuration again by choosing the right c/c++ binary again.

answered Aug 5, 2016 at 14:18

answered May 15, 2013 at 18:10

As this is the first SO discussion that appears for this topic on Google and none of the answers solved the problem my students were having, I would like to mention the solution we eventually found from this answer:

1. Open project properties (Right click on your project, choose Properties on the menu)
2. C/C++ Build -> Settings
3. Click on Binary Parsers tab and check PE Windows Parser
4. Keep clicking Move Up until it is at the top

This had been set to Elf, even though we were using a freshly downloaded Windows version of Eclipse.

answered Jul 11, 2018 at 22:16

I encountered similar issues and their related problems a few days ago. Finally, I found out that, just because I had moved my project folder (workspace folder of Eclipse) to another place so Eclipse could not find what its need as usual.

Solution: I just set the workspace to my new place (Hey Eclipse, my workspace now is here) :
Menu «File» -> «Switch workspace» -> «Other…» -> click «Browse…» button and point to new place then click «Select Folder» button and click «Launch» button.

Nice day.

answered Feb 11, 2022 at 23:36

How did you install Eclipse CDT?

apt-get install eclipse-cdt, 64-bit

Yeah, that should be fine. It sounds as if your project simply wasn’t built correctly (e.g. due to compile errors).

What do you mean? Any project for which this is a problem (basically anything beyond helloworld.cpp) builds and runs fine in other IDEs. Argh!

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Do you have any idea what possible configuration hiccups could explain these errors?

Well, what are the error messages you get when you build the project (if any)?
(Build All/Ctrl+B or the hammer symbol)

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#include <iostream>                     // iostream inclusion doesn't seem to matter. 

void threeNplusOne()
{
    int seed;

    std::cout << "what seed? ";
    std::cin >> seed;

    do {
        (seed % 2 == 0) ? (seed = seed >> 1) : (seed = 3*seed + 1);
        std::cout << seed << std::endl;
    } while(seed != 1);

    return;
}

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#include <iostream>

#include "headers.h"

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    threeNplusOne();

    return 0;
}

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You didn’t include <iostream> in threeNplusOne.cpp, so it isn’t surprising that it doesn’t compile.

It doesn’t matter. It originally did (I changed it just because I wanted to see how the errors changed), and does now (I changed it back for ya!). Same errors.

The error was had when launched, of course. And uh, this is embarrassing… for some reason there is a stray file from another project in this file, explaining these errors. Actually, it’s the originally named 3n+1, but unremoved. I’m going to have to get back to you on this. Thanks a lot for you help.

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Also, what is the deal with the binaries? How do I get eclipse to make them for me?

You get them by building the project. They will be placed in your project’s folder.