Accessing Development tools
 

Hello all

I have Red Hat 8 and my brother is interesting in using the provided c++ programs, once he installs them using the add/remove programs freature how does he find or access them? They dont appear on the Gnome menu anywhere i can see. Thanks

Do you mean the compiler? it's available from console using 'gcc' (for C programs) or g++ (for C++) programs. Your brother may also look at integrated development tools (with frontends for compiler, debugger and so on) like Anjuta, Kdevelop.

that is after you install GCC and the other development tools correect? Where can i get K-Develop? I am new to linux and told him i got it, and he wanted to try out some commands with it.

Yes, after they're installed. The packages you need are: gcc, maybe kdevelop or anjuta. All programs I mentioned are on your installation cds.

Ok thanks a bunch =)

No problem :)

when we try and use g++ in the terminal window we get

g++: no input files

It's just a compiler. You write the text code, save it as files, and compile it. You seem to be wanting a nice gui IDE. Try KDevelop or others suggested, or search online.

It's installed. Good. What you need is a C++ code (file with code). Type it into an editor, save, open a terminal, cd to the directory you have the file in and then use g++ this way:
g++ -o progname filename.cpp
It compiles 'filename.cpp' , executable name is 'progname'. Then you can run it using
./progname