C - Environment Setup
In this tutorial we will tell you what are the things required to install on your system for compiling and running C programs on your system properly.In this tutorial we will go over all the detailed steps required for compiling and running C programs on various operating systems, and you can choose any one of them depending on the operating system you are using.
programs on your system then you will need at least two softwares.
1.A text editor 2.C compiler
1.Text
Editor –
You can use any text editor as per your
convenience. Text editor will be used to write the program usually called
source code which we will compile. The text file is saved with a .c extension
for compilation.
The text editor used can vary for different
operating systems.
For windows we usually use Notepad and vi
or vim can be used for LINUX or UNIX Operating systems.
2.C
Compiler-
The basic requirement of any programming
language is it’s compiler .Like all other programming languages C also has compiler
which converts the programmer written code (Source code) to a code which computer understands(Object code), and creates an executable
file.
There are many free easily available
compilers like GCC, GNU ,C/C++ for various operating system.
Installing
A C compiler –
Here is a guide which will tell you how to
install GNU or C/C++ compiler on various operating systems.
Installing
A C Compiler On LINUX/UNIX-
Is GCC already installed on your system?
To check whether GCC already installed on
your LINUX/UNIX system,try following code on command line-
$ gcc –vThe following message will print if your system has already GCC compiler installed.
Using built-in specs. Target: i386-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr ....... Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)If not installed- If compiler is not installed on your system then you have to install it on your own.
Follow the link below for detailed
information-
Installing
A C Compiler On Mac
The easies way to get GCC for a MAC OS X is
to download Xcode from apple’s website which provides all the installation steps.
Follow this link to get the Xcode- developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/.
With Xcode you can use GNU compiler for
C/C++.
Installing
A C Compiler On Windows -
1.Using GCC compiler
For windows we will use a very simple and
easy to use compiler named ‘GCC’.
Note-1.GCC is just a compiler
which can compile both C and C++ programs ,it isn’t a IDE(Integrated
Development System) like Turbo C++ and some other IDEs.
2.We will use command prompt for compiling
and running C or C++ programs on windows ,which is a good practice for
beginners.
Follow these steps to download and install
GCC compiler for windows-
Step 1. go to the link http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ .
Step 2. Click on the link Check the
line “Looking for the latest version? “Download mingw-get-setup.exe (86.5
kB)” for downloading the latest
version.
Step 3. After Completing the download run the
.exe file.(You can find the shortcut on desktop).
Step 4. Go to “All package” and choose all
the GNU C Compiler listed in the window.(screenshot is shown below).
Note: You can choose
the GNU C++ compiler if you want to compile C++ programs .
Step 5. Click on Installation and Apply
Changes, and the required files will start downloading.
Step 6. Setting Path- Right-Click on my
Computer >Properties > Advanced System Settings >Environment
Veriables
2.&Now in system variables go to path and
edit
3.Copy and paste the path of the bin folder
(C:\MinGW\bin;) as shown in the image below.
Step 7. Restart your system and open command
prompt(windows+R, and type cmd then ENTER).
Step 8. Is GCC installed in your machine?
Type the command gcc --version
and following
output will show.
Which means you have successfully installed
GCC compiler on your windows, and now you can easily compile C programs.
2.Using Turbo C++ IDE
1.Follow
the link given below to download Turbo
C++ compiler for your windows.
2.Unzip the file and install it on your
system.
3.Setting
path-Now we need to set the path for this compiler.
Right-Click on my Computer >Properties
> Advanced System Settings >Environment Veriables
Now in system variables copy and paste the path of bin of the turbo c++ compiler,as
highlited in the figure below.
Now it is done ,we
have successfully installed the compiler on our system for compiling and
running the C programs. Also we have set
the path for it, so we can run various commands on command line.
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