GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection (Originally GNU C Compiler) See the related link.
It is a collection of "compiler software", that is used to convert human readable source code into binary programs the computer can actually understand and run. it supports several programming languages like C, C++, Java, FORTRAN, etc.
gcc --version
gcc is the most common C-compiler for GNU/Linux platform.
Platform-dependent (Windows, Linux, AIX, MacOs etx), but gcc seems to be a safe bet.
C++ source code cannot be run, it must be compiled and linked to produce an executable. Linux has many compilers available, with gcc being one of the most popular.
No generic answer for this question, specify your operating system and compiler.For example in unix: cc -g -o myprog myprog.cin linux: gcc -g -W -Wall -pedantic -o myprog myprog.c
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Linux generally comes installed with the free gcc compiler. MacOSX does too. But when you compile a program with gcc, it runs on the platform under which it was compiled. Therefore, programmers on OSX that need to deliver a Linux binary need to use gcc's cross-compiler mode to produce Linux binaries.
Yes.
gcc is the most common C-compiler for GNU/Linux platform.
The GNU C Compiler (GCC).
GCC is already for the most part preinstalled in many, if not all, GNU/Linux distributions.
Slackware Linux has a number of advanced features. Some of them are GCC 4.1.2, XII 7.2.0, HAL, Linux 2.6.21.5, Xfce 4.4.1, The K Desktop Environment and Apache 2.2.4.
gcc is a c compiler among many other things. It can also be used to compile code in other languages. gcc is a fairly advanced compiler and is used to compile Linux along with most other free(as in free speech) software.
if it is n already compiled binary program: ./program-name if it is a code, gcc program-code.c -o program-name if gcc is not installed, on debian: search for a deb package and install it, or, apt-get install gcc on redhat: search for an rpm package and install it.
Platform-dependent (Windows, Linux, AIX, MacOs etx), but gcc seems to be a safe bet.
run gcc command on shell prompt and it will show you $ gcc gcc: no input files else it will show "gcc : command not found"
Simply any text edittor can be used to write C program. To compile the .c file saved, Linux comes with gcc compiler. In the command line: $ gcc -o outputfile inputfile.c will compile the inputfile.c and create executable outputfile. Other than that there are number of IDEs (i.e. Integrated Development Environment) are available such as Kdevelop, Eclipse etc.