HOW TO SET PATH TO gcc in UBUNTU8.10

RSR · 01-12-2009, 08:21 AM

friends!
I am an absolute beginner in Linux environment. I have got Ubuntu8.10 loaded in my system. I know how to execute simple shell programs.
I want to compile and run c/c++ programs in this environment.
I am having gcc here. I tried whereis gcc at the shell and I got usr/bin/gcc

I do not want to tamper with the profile.
I want to set path to gcc just for this shell window.
Can you help please with exact steps to set path and compile a simple hello.cpp?

Thank you.
RSR

Agrouf · 01-12-2009, 08:25 AM

Open a terminal and type:

Code:

PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
gcc hello.cpp

RSR · 01-13-2009, 08:20 AM

Hello Agrouf,
Thank you for the help. I tried again.
echo $PATHI got /usr/bin along with other folders.
So it is in default path.
Without any change, I was able to run perl and python programs.
But when I gave the command
gcc hello.cpp -o hello
I get error message .something like exccp file not found.

May I know where I have gone wrong?

Regards.
RSR

Agrouf · 01-13-2009, 09:03 AM

I need the exact error message

PTrenholme · 01-13-2009, 09:34 AM

Do you have a file called "hello.cpp" in the directory in which you executed the gcc command?

The error message you (almost) posted above suggests that you don't have any source code to compile and link.

Have you considered installing one of the many IDE (Integrated Development Environment) packages? Any one of them should help you get started.