[Wolves] C++ Compiler

[Tim T Humpherson]

Is it any better?



This is in PLAIN TEXT instead of HTML.



Did it work?  



And thanks Jono for the advice re C++, will try it tomorrow.

Cheers.





Tim,





 

-------Original Message-------

 

From: Wolverhampton Linux User Group

Date: 07/18/04 01:05:46

To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group

Subject: Re: [Wolves] C++ Compiler

 

Tim T Humpherson wrote:

 

>

>

> I am running a SuSE 9.1 Pro, and I can't find a C++

> Programming/Compiler on the menus. Is it KDevelop?

>

> What I wanted is to start learning C++ and I have a book on C++

> programming and I would like to start off with a simple C++ programs,

> but which program do I use on this Linux that I am using?

>

>

When you want program in C++, you will need a number of different

things. You will first need a compile (this converts you code into a

program you can run). The compiler is typically g++ which is part of the

common gcc suite of compilers. In addition to this, people often use

special tools for organising how complex programs are compiled - these

are called build tools and include automake and autoconf. You don't need

to worry about these so much at the moment.

 

KDevelop is a special environment that can be used to create different

types of software (KDe/GNOME/Command line etc.) and it provides an

interface to the compiler and other tools.

 

I would recommend that for simple C++ programs that you type your

programs into a simple text editor and compile them with a command. As

an example, type this into a file called first.cpp:

 

#include

<iostream.h>>

 

 

 

int

main()

 

{

 

 

 

cout << "Hello

Tim!";

 

 

 

}

 

Then type the following command:

 

g++ -o first first.cpp

 

This will create a program called 'first'. Run it with:

 

./first

 

You will then see 'Hello Tim!' appear on your screen.

 

Jono

 

PS - Could you have a look in your email program or webmail settings and

change the setting so that you send you mails in plain text and not

HTML. Cheers. :)

 

--

Jono Bacon - http://www.jonobacon.org/

Writer / Journalist / Consultant / Developer

 

 

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