How do I install the latest version of GCC on my macOS Big Sur. I am using Visual Studio Code, version 1.60 and I want to run C++ programs using it. I tried using homebrew to install GCC but it kept on giving me errors.
E.g.: When I typed in the path as /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/11.2.0/bin
Result: zsh: permission denied: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/11.2.0/bin
What is wrong with the permission? How will I make it allow.
Firstly, /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/11.2.0/bin is a directory, so you can't run that.
Secondly, homebrew generally makes symbolic links in /usr/local/bin for everything it installs, so you should add that to your PATH, e.g.
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
Then you need to look in /usr/local/bin to see what program name you need, e.g.
ls /usr/local/bin/gcc*
and if you see gcc-11 in there, you then need to compile with:
gcc-11 program.c
Note you will need to look for g++* if you actually mean C++ rather than C.
I have a horrible time with C++ programming on Windows.
I can't link to Boost library.
Now, I am thinking about compiling my cpp programs in Ubuntu and run it on Windows.
Despite i586-mingw32msvc-g++ suggested here works for many people. It is not a good solution for me as it is older than C++11 and I cannot use it with boost library.
Is there any alternative method?
sudo apt-get install g++-mingw-w64-i686
sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-i386
i am new to linux and I have the following question:
I am trying to install MINGW in Ubuntu.
I ran the command:
sudo apt-get install mingw-w64
It was installed, and if i put the command gcc it runs ok. The problem is g++ command does not work. I guess it is because i don't have the c++ compiler (as I read in similar questions in stackoverflow).
I read too that you can use the next command:
mingw-get install g++
but i don't have the executable program for this command.
My question is, how can I install that executable? or is there another way to update my mingw so I can use the g++ compiler?
Hope I have explained myself correctly. Thank you for any help I receive.
mingw-get is a windows specific package manager, it is not needed when you use a native linux package manager such as APT.
Installing package mingw-w64 depends on package g++-mingw-w64, which depends on g++-mingw-w64-i686 and g++-mingw-w64-x86-64.
These packages install the mingw cross compilers as
/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix
/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-win32
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-g++-posix
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-g++-win32
Older versions of mingw cross compiler shipped /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-c++, which is replaced by i686-w64-mingw32-c++-win32
You can usually use this toolchain in a project by running ./configure CXX=i686-w64-mingw32-c++-win32 or make CXX=i686-w64-mingw32-c++-win32
Note: the above description is correct for the most recent toolchain in Debian unstable. It may need some minor tweaking for older systems.
I have installed Netbeans 7.1 on Ubuntu. When I was activating C++ in netbeans, it didn't lead me to the page where C++ compiler/SDK exists, as it did in windows. I am using Cygwin in windows, but seems like it is not there for Linux.
Please guide me to the correct location where I can find correct C++ compiler/SDK for Linux, which I can use in Netbeans.
You need to install gcc
gcc is the gnu c and c++ compiler
simply open a console and type:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
CPP setup instructions for netbeans:
http://netbeans.org/community/releases/60/cpp-setup-instructions.html
I have written some effects in C++ (g++) using freeglut on Linux, and I compile them with
g++ -Wall -lglut part8.cpp -o part8
So I was wondering if it is possible to have g++ make static compiled Windows executables that contains everything needed?
I don't have Windows, so it would be really cool, if I could do that on Linux :)
mingw32 exists as a package for Linux. You can cross-compile and -link Windows applications with it. There's a tutorial here at the Code::Blocks forum. Mind that the command changes to x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32, for example.
Ubuntu, for example, has MinGW in its repositories:
$ apt-cache search mingw
[...]
g++-mingw-w64 - GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64
gcc-mingw-w64 - GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64
mingw-w64 - Development environment targeting 32- and 64-bit Windows
[...]
Suggested method gave me error on Ubuntu 16.04: E: Unable to locate package mingw32
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To install this package on Ubuntu please use following:
sudo apt-get install mingw-w64
After install you can use it:
x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
Please note!
For 64-bit use: x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
For 32-bit use: i686-w64-mingw32-g++
One option of compiling for Windows in Linux is via mingw. I found a very helpful tutorial here.
To install mingw32 on Debian based systems, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install mingw32
To compile your code, you can use something like:
i586-mingw32msvc-g++ -o myApp.exe myApp.cpp
You'll sometimes want to test the new Windows application directly in Linux. You can use wine for that, although you should always keep in mind that wine could have bugs. This means that you might not be sure that a bug is in wine, your program, or both, so only use wine for general testing.
To install wine, run:
sudo apt-get install wine
Install a cross compiler, like mingw64 from your package manager.
Then compile in the following way: instead of simply calling gcc call i686-w64-mingw32-gcc for 32-bit Windows or x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc" for 64-bit Windows. I would also use the --static option, as the target system may not have all the libraries.
If you want to compile other language, like Fortran, replace -gcc with -gfortran in the previous commands.
I've used mingw on Linux to make Windows executables in C, I suspect C++ would work as well.
I have a project, ELLCC, that packages clang and other things as a cross compiler tool chain. I use it to compile clang (C++), binutils, and GDB for Windows. Follow the download link at ellcc.org for pre-compiled binaries for several Linux hosts.
From: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW/Tutorial
As of Fedora 17 it is possible to easily build (cross-compile) binaries for the win32 and win64 targets. This is realized using the mingw-w64 toolchain: http://mingw-w64.sf.net/. Using this toolchain allows you to build binaries for the following programming languages: C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++ and Fortran.
"Tips and tricks for using the Windows cross-compiler": https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW/Tips
For Fedora:
# Fedora 18 or greater
sudo dnf group install "MinGW cross-compiler"
# Or (not recommended, because of its deprecation)
sudo yum groupinstall -y "MinGW cross-compiler"