compiling a program in Linux

embalmedlenin · 08-28-2003, 07:42 AM

Can someone tell me how you would compile a program from start to finish in linux. Thanks

david_ross · 08-29-2003, 12:48 PM

It varies between applications. Take a look at the documentation that came with the software yuo wnat to install. Jeremy has written a simple starters guide here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=15

If you get specific problems then post them.

SaTaN · 08-29-2003, 12:53 PM

U haven't specified what program u want to compile . It varies ....
Like for a perl program u use "perl <program_name>" whereas for a C program u use "cc <program_name>" n then the executable a.out is formed which when executed using "./a.out" , we get the required output

geoffe02 · 08-29-2003, 04:38 PM

Well, I am a programming newbie...but I will tell you what I know.

Suppose I have my simple helloworld.cpp C++ program. so I go into the directory it is in and type:

"g++ helloworld.cpp -Wall -o helloworld"

and then, I would need the resultant output file made as an executable file...

"chmod 777 helloworld"

the run it by...

"./helloworld"
that is what I know so far.... :-)

kev82 · 08-29-2003, 05:16 PM

geoffe02: before "chmod 777 helloworld" you might want to look at the permissions helloworld has "ls -l | grep helloworld" notice its already executable.

if you didnt know "chmod 777" makes a file writable by anybody, a generally bad idea. chmod 755 might be better.