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I have been reading C++ tutorials and stuff online and want to start making my own programs and stuff. one of the first things I noticed is that I have to have a compiler. the page I read mentioned that most GNU os's come with a compiler. I can't find any kind of compiler right now. So where do I start for the compilers and what not for C++?
You should at least tell which distro you're using for us to be of any help.
Assuming you're on Ubuntu, you need to install the build-essential package.
You can find some more info here.
when you create a program you will use an option like this: g++ -o <filename> <other options>. This filename is your result and is executable, so you can run it just by typing the name.
For example g++ -o helloworld helloworld.c will create a file named helloworld and you can execute it as: helloworld.
gerdy, you need to specify both the source and the resuld files, like:
g++ -o <result> <sources>
In your example you have not specified any source (or input) file, just an output file which was /home/ethan/Desktop/hello.C
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