How to compile C++ under Ubuntu Linux?

Question

I cut&pasted the below code from a previous question into a file called \"avishay.cpp\" and then ran

gcc avishay.cpp

only to get the f

Answer 1

You should use g++, not gcc, to compile C++ programs.

For this particular program, I just typed

make avishay

and let make figure out the rest. Gives your executable a decent name, too, instead of a.out.

Answer 2

To compile source.cpp, run

g++ source.cpp

This command will compile source.cpp to file a.out in the same directory. To run the compiled file, run

./a.out

If you compile another source file, with g++ source2.cpp, the new compiled file a.out will overwrite the a.out generated with source.cpp

If you want to compile source.cpp to a specific file, say compiledfile, run

g++ source.cpp -o compiledfile

or

g++ -o compiledfile source.cpp

This will create the compiledfile which is the compiled binary file. to run the compiledfile, run

./compiledfile

If g++ is not in your $PATH, replace g++ with /usr/bin/g++.

Answer 3

Yes, use g++ to compile. It will automatically add all the references to libstdc++ which are necessary to link the program.

g++ source.cpp -o source

If you omit the -o parameter, the resultant executable will be named a.out. In any case, executable permissions have already been set, so no need to chmod anything.

Also, the code will give you undefined behaviour (and probably a SIGSEGV) as you are dereferencing a NULL pointer and trying to call a member function on an object that doesn't exist, so it most certainly will not print anything. It will probably crash or do some funky dance.

Answer 4

even you can compile your c++ code by gcc Sounds funny ?? Yes it is. try it

$  gcc avishay.cpp -lstdc++

enjoy

Answer 5

Update your apt-get:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install g++

Run your program.cpp:

$ g++ program.cpp
$ ./a.out