g++

[Fonon]

Hi. I'm trying to get into programming with C++, and I recently downloaded Geany. It claimed it didn't work because it couldn't find the "g++". So, I tried Anjuta, and the same thing happened. I did some research, and it turns out that it is the compiler, but the installation instructions are very unclear to me. Could anyone help me out on this one? Thanks.

[Jessehk]

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install build-essential


:)

[Fonon]

I put all of that in the terminal at one time, right? Thanks!

[Jessehk]

I put all of that in the terminal at one time, right? Thanks!

Yes. By default Ubuntu does not install the compilers and libraries necessary to program in C and C++.

The build-essential package installs everything. The command I gave you is actually 2 commands linked together by the "&&" which runs the second one if the first one succeeds.

The first command:


sudo aptitude update


Updates the software sources and the second command:


sudo aptitude install build-essential


installs the build-essential package.

[Fonon]

Thank you! I tried it, and it was just what I needed.