How to install Codeblocks on Linux Mint 20.2

To install Code::Blocks on Linux Mint 20.2

Introduction:

Code::Blocks is a free, open-source cross-platform IDE that supports multiple compilers including GCC, Clang and Visual C++. It is developed in C++ using wxWidgets as the GUI toolkit. Using a plugin architecture, its capabilities and features are defined by the provided plugins.

Installation Procedure:

Step 1: Check the current OS version by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Linuxmint
Description:	Linux Mint 20.2
Release:	20.2
Codename:	uma

Step 2: Before install code blocks, add the repository by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
You are about to add the following PPA:
 This repository contains collection of customized, updated, ported and backported
packages for two last LTS releases and latest pre-LTS release.
Packages for older releases relocated to ppa:eugenesan/archive or deleted.
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$ wget -q http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ wget -q http://repo.ajenti.org/debian/key -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ wget -q http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/dbgsym-release-key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
* Update gwoffice
* Report bug on mdadm bug with 0.90 arrays on 2TB+0.90 on 64bit systems
* Report HeandBreak on amd64
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~eugenesan/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel

Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.AEkwf6nAYz/gpg.1.sh --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --recv-keys 4346FBB158F4022C896164EEE61380B28313A596

Step 3: Update the repository by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu focal InRelease [17.5 kB]     
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease                            
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]         
Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com uma InRelease                                 
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]           
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com uma Release                                   
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main Translation-en [306 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [280 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [391 kB]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [940 B]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [7,980 B]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [30.5 kB]
Reading package lists... Done      

Step 4: After the update is completed need to install the codeblocks by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install codeblocks -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  codeblocks-common libastyle3 libcodeblocks0 libtinyxml2.6.2v5 libutempter0
  libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5 xterm
Suggested packages:
  codeblocks-contrib libwxgtk3.0-dev xfonts-cyrillic
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  codeblocks codeblocks-common libastyle3 libcodeblocks0 libtinyxml2.6.2v5

Step 5: Now we need to Open menu bar and search code blocks as shown in the below images

Step 6: After that click on the code blocks, now we can see the console of code blocks

Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install Codeblocks on Linux Mint 20. Your feedback is much welcome.