How does one set up the Visual Studio Code compiler/debugger to GCC?

Question

I am programming in C in Visual Studio Code, but I can\'t compile, as VSC only offers three compilers built in - Node.js, C# Mono, and Extension development. After a little

Answer 1

Just wanted to add that if you want to debug stuff, you should compile with debug information before you debug, otherwise the debugger won't work. So, in g++ you need to do g++ -g source.cpp. The -g flag means that the compiler will insert debugging information into your executable, so that you can run gdb on it.