System Requirements

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

Windows 64-bit

Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 2008 Server, 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 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

C/C++test requires Java 8 or higher to be installed on your machine.

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

Support for 32-bit Platforms (deprecated)

Support for 32-bit platforms is deprecated and will be removed in one of the future releases. For details about the deprecation policy, contact your Parasoft representative.

Windows 32-bit (deprecated)

Windows 7, Windows 10
4GB memory minimum¹
2GHz or faster processor (x86-compatible), multi-CPU configuration recommended
Supported C / C++ compiler

Linux 32-bit (deprecated)

Linux with glibc 2.12 (or newer)
4GB memory minimum¹
2GHz or faster processor (x86-compatible), 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 in 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.

Supported IDEs

Eclipse 3.8 and 4.2 - 4.9
Visual Studio 2008¹, 2010¹, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019
Visual Studio Code²

¹ Support for Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 is deprecated.

² This user guide only covers installation details; see Extension for Visual Studio Code. For information about supported features and usage, see the extension documentation in Visual Studio Code.

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 2020.1 requires upgrading DTP to version 2020.1.