On 12-Aug-99 Ty Mixon wrote:
> 2) This isn't really a Mandrake question, but most of y'all are
> helpful so . . .
>
> I'm taking Computer Science I this semester and will finally begin
> learning C++. Should have picked up a book long ago, but never did.
> Anyhow, what I want to know is how do I compile programs under Linux?
> I think I have everything installed gcc and gcc++ and the libs and
> (hopefully) the header files.
>
> So, supposing I wanted to compile the obligatory beginning program
> that prints the "Hello world" line, how would I?
For a small, simple program in one source code file, you could just type:
gcc <filename> -- for a C program, or
g++ <filename> -- for a C++ program
Assuming it compiles with no errors, that produces a binary file called a.out.
You should take a look at the documentation for gcc and maybe documentation for
make as well.
-Tom
