Building Eclipse IDE from scratch - how to choose CDT over JDT?

Question

Lately I decided to build the Eclipse IDE from scratch - so I have the freedom to tweak it to my needs. The very first action I\'m taking is enlarging the icons. Even the newest

Answer 1

If you want to build a specific package (for example the IDE for C/C++ Developers package), clone https://git.eclipse.org/r/epp/org.eclipse.epp.packages and then look at the README.md file - it has instructions for building locally.

Technically speaking, that's not building the "barebones" platform and then adding in features and plug-ins on your own, but I think you'll find this a much easier first step to get towards your goal (whatever that is).