System Requirements

This section will help you verify that your system meets the minimum requirements for using C/C++test Standard.

Windows 32-bit

• Windows 7, Windows 8

• 4GB memory minimum¹

• GHz or faster processor (x86-compatible), multi-CPU configuration recommended

• Supported C / C++ compiler

Windows 64-bit

• Windows 7 (x64), Windows 8 (x64), Windows 10, Windows 2008 Server (x64), Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016
• 4GB memory minimum, 8GB recommended¹
• 2GHz or faster processor (x86_64-compatible), multi-CPU configuration recommended
• Supported C / C++ compiler

Linux 32-bit

• Linux with glibc 2.12 (or newer)
• 4GB memory minimum¹
• 2GHz or faster processor (x86-compatible), multi-CPU configuration recommended
• Supported C / C++ compiler

Linux 64-bit

x86 architecture

• Linux with glibc 2.12 (or newer)
• 4GB memory minimum, 8GB recommended¹
• 2GHz or faster processor (x86_64-compatible), multi-CPU configuration recommended
• Supported C / C++ compiler

MIPS architecture

• Linux (Loongson/mips64el) with glibc 2.19 (or newer)
• 4GB memory minimum, 8GB recommended¹
• Loongson-3A (mips64)-compatible processor, multi-CPU configuration recommended

• Supported C / C++ compiler

¹C/C++test  may allocate up to 1GB RAM on 32-bit machines or up to 2GB RAM on 64-bit machines for the Java Virtual Machine process. You can change memory allocation for the JVM process in the [INSTALL_DIR]/etc/cpptestcli.jvm configuration file (-Xmx option). When running an analysis, C/C++test’s native code analyzers will require additional memory, depending on the test configuration parameters.

IDE Integration

Parasoft C/C++test Standard can analyze locally buildable projects that are imported into your IDE. This section describes the requirements to import and work with findings in an IDE. To perform code analysis, ensure that your system meets the minimum system requirements.

• Eclipse 3.8 and 4.2 - 4.9
• Visual Studio 2008¹, 2010¹, 2012, 2013, 2015,  2017, and 2019

 If your Eclipse is configured to use Java 11 or higher, C/C++test may require installing the Apache Geronimo Activation Plug-In; see FAQs and Troubleshooting for details.

¹ Support for Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 is deprecated.

Parasoft IDE Plugins

To integrate Parasoft C/C++test with your IDE, you need to install two plugins that are shipped with the product: the Parasoft Plugin and the C/C++test Plugin for your IDE. Both plugins are required to work with C/C++test from within your IDE.

The plugins must have the same version.

Ensure that the previous versions of the plugins and other Parasoft products are uninstalled from your IDE before you install the plugins.

DTP Integration

If you connect your C/C++test instance to DTP, ensure that the DTP version your connecting to supports your C/C++test version. For example, upgrading C/C++test to version 10.4.3 requires upgrading DTP to the corresponding 5.4.3 version.