[SOLVED] develope C on debian

[runeveryday]

i want to lean using debian to develop C language, but i am a newbie, i don't know where to write the C programme and what tool to be used to compile it. any tips would be appreciated. the more detail, the better.

[procrastine]

use gcc:

gcc helloworld.c -o helloworld

use man to find out more.

man gcc

[runeveryday]

thank you for you reply, but i don't know how to install gcc. could you tell me how to set it up,

[Lakshmipathi]

Open a terminal from menu, run following command

sudo apt-get install build-essential

If you logged in normal user,it'll prompt you for root password.
After installing gcc,open any text editor , gedit , kwrite etc
write the program and save it and then use

gcc file.c -o file

and run it as

./file

[runeveryday]

many thanks, Lakshmipathi. i have installed the gcc, what a good text editor for write c code, i won't want to use an IDE. i am a newbie, sorry to have lots of problems. i also want to know how to install a text editor , and how to open it, when i finished my code,how to save it and excute it.

[devils casper]

A lot of text editors available in sources and a few are pre-installed by default.
My first preference is nano. A simple, user friendly text edit.
You can use pico, vi or vim too.

nano mycode.c

Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file.

In case its not pre-installed, install it using apt-get.

su -c 'apt-get install nano'

[runeveryday]

thank you! sometimes, i see there is also a command of aptitude, what is the difference between 'apt-get and aptitude.

[devils casper]

There is no difference now. aptitude had a few more features than apt-get earlier. New features have been included in latest version of apt-get and both are same now.

Synaptic Package Manager is Graphical Interface of apt-get only.

[runeveryday]

why i use {ctrl} x can't exit the editor ? thanks in advance.

[devils casper]

Ctrl+X is for exit but if you change anything in file or create new file, it will ask for saving. If you press Y and hit Enter key it will exit.

Ctrl+X , exit file unmodified file.
Ctrl+W, write changes. You have to press Ctrl+X to exit.
Ctrl+X, Y and Enter to save and exit.

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