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neuwerld

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C++ on linux? [SOLVED]

Hello you will have to excuse me Im really a beginner at programming.
I bought a book about programming C++, but in the examples given in the book the program are runned as .exe files.
How do I manage to solve this problem when Im sitting on an linux machine.
Is the only way to run a virtual desktop with windows to test the programs or what?

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by neuwerld (2009-05-06 19:42:47)

schuay

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Re: C++ on linux? [SOLVED]

unless the examples use windows-specific code (directx,windows forms,etc)  they will compile and run fine on linux.

you will probably want to use an IDE ( analog to visual studio on windows), personally i like codeblocks. a bit of googling should help you out

Last edited by schuay (2009-05-06 17:39:48)

quarkup

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Re: C++ on linux? [SOLVED]

The '*.exe' files are known as 'windows executables' which run natively on windows;
and you can run them in linux (the most of them) by installing wine and running the command wine <sample.exe>

You can compile the examples in that book in linux too.
Just use the "gcc/g++" tool and then execute the files into the terminal (as usual).

You can also compile (create) windows executables by using the "mingw32-gcc" tool.

Last edited by quarkup (2009-05-06 19:48:07)

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neuwerld

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Re: C++ on linux? [SOLVED]

Thanks for all the help I will try them out!
I may have been taken water over my head with this

dmartins

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Re: C++ on linux? [SOLVED]

On linux, you would do something like g++ -o myprogram myprogram.cpp
If the program compiles successfully you would end up with 'myprogram' in your current directory.
To run this you'd type ./myprogram
The -o flag to g++ tells it what to name the resulting executable. If you leave this out, it defaults to a.out.

Don't assume you're in over your head yet! There is a steep learning curve when it comes to learning your first one or two programming languages. I'd suggest looking up some basic C++ on linux tutorials to get you over the initial differences between programming on linux and what you'll read in the book.

Last edited by dmartins (2009-05-07 02:18:53)

EVRAMP

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Re: C++ on linux? [SOLVED]

I am a happy user of Geany - A fast lightweight IDE and text editor with syntax.

JK3mp

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Registered: 2009-03-25

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Re: C++ on linux? [SOLVED]

But beware functions and header libraries that are windows specific, thats the only prob with some c++ books is they don't cover much into how to do some things in linux or IF you hvae linux do this or use this as recommended etc.