Loading a C/C++ compiler in Linux.

Question

Hi all, Recently i had installed the UBUNTU flavour of the Linux operating system.I had opened a terminal and just wrote a sample C programm to check if it is compiling.When i saved the sample file and compiled with cc a.c ,errors comes that the standard library is not loaded(i.e stdio.h>.When i went to help pages,it says that the C or C++ compiler doesnt gets loaded by default and we should do it ousrelves.So Can anyone help me out to fix this problem,i.e to load the C/C++ compiler.

Thanks and regards GNR

Answer 1

I think you mean the compiler is not installed by default.

You probably need to open a terminal, and write:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Afterwards, you can compile your program by running the following in the folder where your C file is (assuming it is called test.c):

gcc test.c -a test

And run it with:

./test

Also, make sure you have included the correct libraries.

Answer 2

gcc is the GNU C compiler, and is the compiler most people use when they compile c on a linux system.

if you need help understanding its options type in man gcc in the terminal. gdb is the debugger that goes along with gcc, but I would recommend downloading a graphical version of it.