Environment Settings in Data Structures

Because C and C ++ are the languages that almost every university uses to teach, this series will guide you to install C and C ++ to make the environment run examples in the Data Structure series. materials and algorithms.

Installation to run on Command Prompt

If you want to install to compile and run on Command Prompt, you should read the following.

If you want to install C program, you need to use 2 software on your computer: (a) Text editor - Text Editor and (b) C compiler.

Text Editor

Used to edit programs. For instance,, some editor like Window Notepad, Notepad ++, vim or vi.

The names and versions of editor programs may vary according to the operating system. For instance,, Notepad is used on Windows, or vim or vi is used on Linux or UNIX.

The files you create in the editor are called source files and contain code programs. Files in program C are typically named with the ".c" extension.

Before starting your program, make sure you have an editor on your computer and you have enough experience to write computer programs, store them in files and execute them.

Compiler C

The source code is written in the source file in a readable form. It will be compiled into machine code, so that the CPU can execute these programs based on the written commands.

The compiler helps compile your source code to an executable program. I assume you have a basic knowledge of a programming language compiler.

The most commonly used compiler is the GNU C / C ++ compiler, on the other hand you can have other compilers like HP or Solaris with the corresponding OS.

Below is a tutorial on how to install the GNU C / C ++ compiler on different operating systems. I am referring to C / C ++ because the GNU compiler gcc works for both C and C ++ languages.

Install on UNIX / Linux environment

If you are using Linux or UNIX , you can check the GCC set installed on your environment by the following command:

 $ gcc - v 

If you have the GNU installer on your computer, then it will respond to the following message:

 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 the GCC is not installed, you can install it with the instructions on the link below: http://gcc.gnu.org/install/

This tutorial is written based on Linux and all examples are compiled on the Cent OS of the Linux system.

Install on Mac OS environment

If you use Mac OS X, the easiest way to get GCC is to download the Xcode development environment, you can use the GNU compiler for C / C ++.

Xcode is available under the following link: developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/.

Install on Windows

To install GCC on Windows you need to install MinGW. To install MinGW, go to www.mingw.org, and follow the instructions on this download page. Download the latest version for MinGW program, under the name of MinGW-.exe.

When installing MinWG, you must at least install gcc-core, gcc-g ++, binutils and MinGW runtime, but you can install more.

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