I've installed gcc, how do i build a complier environment?

Derek-kun · 09-22-2003, 09:32 PM

the subject explains it's self, but just in case.

I've installed gcc now i need to build a complier environment. how do i open gcc so i can do so?

thanks in advance!

MasterC · 09-22-2003, 11:34 PM

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Do you mean how do you compile something, or how do you build a c program to compile or what? If you mean how to build a C program, you'll wanna look at something like Kdevelop tools or whatever programming language you want to use.

Please expand on what it is you are looking for.

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Derek-kun · 09-23-2003, 04:38 PM

um, i downloaded the tulip.c source code and i need to compile it to make a binary code (tulip.o)

nmoog · 09-23-2003, 05:45 PM

gcc is a command line tool. Compile with

gcc -c tulip.cpp
to get tulip.o

or to create the executable:
gcc -o tulip tulip.c

which will produce a file called tulip, which you can run! (check out the gcc man pages)

I reckon you should forget ALL about bloaty old visual c++ and learn ALL about makefiles - you don't need an IDE, honest!

MasterC · 09-23-2003, 09:50 PM

If that's indeed all you need, you don't need to worry about how to compile it (although those are great beginner instructions). Tulip is in the kernel, so all you have to do is download a kernel, compile the tulip as a module, and then you'll have the tulip module ready. It's a standard part of the kernels today.

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