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Download CDT from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads (one of many flavors of eclipse from eclipse.org)
Unzip/ tar -xvf filename in the directory you want to run it from, e.g. ~/bin/
"cd eclipse" (to get to the newly created installation) and run "./eclipse".
EPICS friendly C/C++
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build settings
If you're mostly using this workspace for EPICS work, you can change global default settings by going to Window -> Preferences -> C/C++ -> New C/C++ Project Wizard -> Makefile Project. On the Behaviour tab, delete "all" after "Build (Incremental build)", and change "clean" to "distclean".
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