Problems with TCC

[AdvMutant]

Hey folks, I'm Mike.

I have recently got tired of Windows and now trying to switch to Linux Kubuntu. Well, it's pretty darn hard... I'm a C programmer, and I would like to set up a development environment. My personal favorites are Tiny C Compiler and Notepad(you see, I like simple things...). I like Linux's Kate a lot better. I recently figured out how to download TCC for Linux, but I'm not able to use it. I used to add two right click menu entries(at WinXP) - Compile, and Compile and Run. Is there a way I can do it with Linux, for the .C format?

Thanks.

[rcgreen]

Linux.com :: Extending Nautilus context menus with Nautilus-actions

Oops, I spoke too soon. Kubuntu doesn't use nautilus.

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[GregBrannon]

The standard for Linux C compilers is the GNU Compiler Collection, commonly referred to as GCC. There are other, possibly including some simpler options, but I'm not sure why you'd want them. Minimal compiler complexity/capability is not something most want. Others may be able to suggest reasons that don't occur to me.

In (K)Ubuntu, you can install GCC and other important development tools with the terminal command:

> sudo apt-get install build-essential

As for programming editors or Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), there are many options from simple to complex. The simpler but very capable editors include EMACS and Vi/Vim. Geany is one of the simpler IDEs, then Code::Blocks, Eclipse, and JavaBeans are the more complex, full-featured, and (some would say) bloated. I've tried those so remember them easily and can comment on them, but there are other mentionables that I haven't tried and don't know much about. Anjuta comes to mind in that category, but there are others that don't.

Come back if you have more questions. This is an oft-discussed topic, inspiring many to comment, so you may have all of the input you need within short order.