1. Install and Change Default Configuration

Install:
$ sudo apt install anjuta libtool-bin
To set the default configuration to "Default" instead of "Debug", make compiling and linking more verbose, and set standard compiler flags with all warnings enabled:

Download anjuta-config.sh

Then run it as root:

$ cd ~/Downloads
$ sudo sh anjuta-config.sh
anjuta-config.sh:
#! /bin/sh
#
# change Anjuta C/C++ default configuration
#
D="/usr/share/anjuta/templates/minimal"

echo "Working in $D/"

cd "$D" || exit 0

# backup the original if not done already
if [ ! -r anjuta.session.ORIG ]; then
  echo "Making backup copy of anjuta.session"
  cp -p anjuta.session anjuta.session.ORIG
fi

echo "Editing anjuta.session"
sed -e "s;BuildArgs/Default=.*;BuildArgs/Default=--disable-silent-rules \
'CFLAGS=-g -std=c11 -pedantic -Wall' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -std=c++17 -pedantic -Wall';" \
 -e "s/Selected Configuration=.*/Selected Configuration=Default/" anjuta.session.ORIG > anjuta.session

echo "Done."