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C Compiler for Ubuntu (6 posts)

Derek Martin Posted 6 years, 6 months ago Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago

I loaded up the Ubuntu Linux, and have tried to install various downloads but keep getting the message that I need a "C Compiler" have looked around and am more confused than ever.

Can anyone help. thanks, regards Derek

Harish Pillay Posted 6 years, 6 months ago Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago

Re: C Compiler for Ubuntu

Are you running this off the Live CD? It might not have the GNU C compiler installed. At a command prompt, please type gcc and if it complains as not being found, there you have the answer.

HTH.

Harish

Derek Martin Posted 6 years, 6 months ago Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago

Re: C Compiler for Ubuntu

Thanks Harish, but i've installed not running from Live CD, i typed gcc as you suggested but got the message "gcc: no input files", any suggestions?

regards

Derek

Andrew Gould Posted 6 years, 6 months ago Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago

Re: C Compiler for Ubuntu

Have you tried installing the 'build-essential' package?

You can do this by opening a terminal window and typing: sudo apt-get install build-essential

Or you can open up Synaptic Package Manager and do it from there.

This trick works on both Hoary Hedgehog (5.04) and Breezy Badger (5.10).

Most programs that you want to install on your Ubuntu system should be avaliable through one of the main Debian or Ubuntu repositories.

Denilson Oliveira Posted 6 years, 4 months ago Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago

Re: C Compiler for Ubuntu

try this:

$ cat - <test.c > #include > int main(void) { printf ("testn"); } > EOF $ gcc -o test test.c $ ./test test $

I think that you must install kdevelop or other IDE, as root try:

# apt-get install kdevelop

regards

de

Anonymous Posted 1 year, 9 months ago Joined: N/A

after package is installed...

What do you do after the package is installed?

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