Problem with gcc

Hello all,

when I tried to compile cpp program in linux my gcc compiler is showing following error

>g++ 1.cpp //after running this iam getting following messages

*g++
*pentium-builders
*Try apt-get install <selected package>
make sure you have the 'universe' component enabled
bash: g++ command not found



what exactly this mean
I also tried to install new gcc version 4.3.0. After untaring that package I went through the instalation directory. According to confoguration maual I am supposed to follow the following steps.

%mkdir objdir
%cd objdir
% ./srcdir/configure [options] [target]



If I enterd the following command

% ./configure --enable-cpp ./final/gcc_cpp



I am getting following errors/warnings


*Warning Should use --build --host -- target
*Warning Invalid host type ./final/gcc_cpp
Invalid configaration ./final/gcc_cpp



I didn't undersatand what i did wrong there? Can any one please help me out from this

All I want is to run Cpp programs on my Dell(i686) Computer and iam using Ubuntu Linux

The GCC version Iam tring to install is 4.3.0


Please help me


Thanks

Install gcc through apt-get. Don't try to install gcc manually - it can't work, because you need an existing C compiler, and you don't have one.

Originally Posted by CornedBee

Install gcc through apt-get. Don't try to install gcc manually - it can't work, because you need an existing C compiler, and you don't have one.

[quick one]I am able to run C programs succesfully in gcc, that means I have C compiler is it is true? Is there any way to update my exixsting GCC so that it can compile both C and C++
please advise.

Thanks [/quick one]

gcc is the C compiler, g++ is the C++ compiler. In fact, it only matters when it comes to the final linking stage, where C++ code needs to use g++ - you can link C code with g++ too, but it may drag in a few extra bits that you didn't want/need. Otherwise, if you give gcc something that it thinks is C++, it will "do the right thing".

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Mats

Originally Posted by matsp

gcc is the C compiler, g++ is the C++ compiler. In fact, it only matters when it comes to the final linking stage, where C++ code needs to use g++ - you can link C code with g++ too, but it may drag in a few extra bits that you didn't want/need. Otherwise, if you give gcc something that it thinks is C++, it will "do the right thing".

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Mats

[Question]Thanks for for you advise but I didn't understand why I am getting error when I tried to compile following file ?

>>g++ 1.cpp
g++ command is not found

Please advise
Thanks

[/question]

You do not have a path to g++ - does gcc work?

Edit: Just typing "gcc" should give you "no input files" or something like that.

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Mats

Originally Posted by matsp

You do not have a path to g++ - does gcc work?

Edit: Just typing "gcc" should give you "no input files" or something like that.

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Mats

Code:

 
I wonder my gcc is also not working 
 I just realised that when I entered following code 


#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("hello");
}


I am getting stdio is not found and a warning stating my pintf declaration is wrong 

That means I don't have C compiler installed is that is true? Now what I have to do Please advise 

Thanks

If gcc works in the sense that it's not saying "gcc not found", then you have gcc - not sure how you end up with gcc but no g++ - perhaps they are in separate packages [I usually install a bunch of compiler stuff when I install a new Linux, and I can't quite remember what goes in which package]. The lack of stdio.h indicates that some other essential component. Not sure what package that comes as either...

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Mats

glibc-dev, most likely.

Anyway, what happens when you type
apt-get install gcc
?


Also, are you clear about the difference between compiling and running a C program?