Referencing 3rd party Libraries using *relative* paths in Eclipse-CDT

Question

what is the best practice to reference 3rd party C++ components (e.g. includes, libraries) using relative paths in Eclipse-CDT?

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Answer 1

I solved this problem using the Preferences->General->Workspace->Linked Resources option.

Basically you define a variable pointing to your workspace folder.

Then add to your project the third-party folder using Add folder->Advanced->Link to folder in the filesystem, and use the Variables... button to use the previously created variable to point to the third-party folder (using the Extend button).

Then you just need to add the folder to your include and library paths in the project settings.

Easy as cake... :S