C compiler 6.02?

Peter Shepard · 08-01-2006, 03:52 PM

Hello,

I just installed the 6.02 Ubuntu distro and am trying to set a path to my C compiler as well as gcc. Can anyone tell me where these are located?

Thanks

fourchannel · 08-01-2006, 04:15 PM

Do you perhaps mean Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)?

there's a cool command you can run that tells you the location of the command you're looking for...

Code:

kev@Rei:~]$ whereis gcc cc
gcc: /usr/bin/gcc /usr/lib/gcc /usr/bin/X11/gcc /usr/share/man/man1/gcc.1.gz
cc: /usr/bin/cc /usr/bin/X11/cc /usr/share/man/man1/cc.1.gz

the executables (i.e. gcc and cc) are in /usr/bin, i'm not really sure what the libs are for, and the last thing is usually the man pages (help documentation)

when you say 'set a path' to your compiler, do you mean create a shortcut or set an environment variable? Or something else?

Peter Shepard · 08-01-2006, 05:20 PM

Thanks for the whereis command. However it inly returns a path to gcc and not c or cc? I have to believe that ubuntu somes with a compiler for C? Or do I have to downlaod it?

Thanks again...

binary_y2k2 · 08-01-2006, 11:07 PM

try

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

that will install the compilers and other thing you need.

fourchannel · 08-01-2006, 11:12 PM

I dunno about cc. I installed it a long time ago and cannot figure out how I did it. Ubuntu has an awesome software management utility called synaptic. To launch it select in the top left menu "System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager"

In almost any case, the gcc compiler is plenty good to compile your C/C++ stuff. Sometimes a lot of make builds ask for the location of the C Compiler and you can usually get by with this:

Code:

export CC="/usr/bin/gcc"

So if I were going to download and build something from source I would do something like this.

Code:

#######download your program.tar.gz file
$ gzip -d program.tar.gz
$ tar -xf program.tar
$ rm program.tar ##### delete the download file after you unpack it. Only if you want to, you can keep it - makes no difference
$ cd program_directory
$ ./configure
$ export CC="/usr/bin/gcc"
$ make
$ sudo make install

But don't forget to check synaptic for your program before you build a copy from source. Synaptic keeps track of all installed files, makes upgrading programs way easy, and allows you to safely delete the program and keep your system from descending into the 9th level of dependency hell.

EDIT: Didn't see the previous post until after I submitted, but Binary's suggestion is a better one.