The full form of GCC is GNU Compiler Collection. It is an open source toolset for compiling source codes of C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, Go and D programming languages. In this article, I am going to show you how to install GCC on Ubuntu and compile C and C++ programs.
In this tutorial, i am going to show you how to install and Use GCC compiler on Linux ubuntu 22.04 system.
How to Install GCC on Ubuntu 22.04
Follow the below given steps to install GCC on the ubuntu 22.04 system:
- Step 1 – Update System Dependencies
- Step 2 – Install GCC
- Step 3 – Verify GCC Installation
- Step 4 – Create a C program in Run In GCC
Step 1 – Update System Dependencies
First of all, run the following command on command line or terminal to update system dependencies:
sudo apt update
Step 2 – Install GCC
Then install gcc in ubuntu system using running following command:
sudo apt install build-essential
Step 3 – Verify GCC Installation
Run the following command on command line to verify gcc installation on ubuntu system:
gcc --version
Step 4 – Create a C program in Run In GCC
Once the gcc installation has been done, Then create a simple hello world C program in nano editor and saved the file as helloworld.c.
#include <stdio.h> int main() { // printf() displays the string inside quotation printf("Hello, World!"); return 0; }
Save this file and convert this into an executable one.
gcc -o helloworld helloworld.c
The above given command will generate a binary file by the name “helloworld” in the same directory. Execute the program using the following command on command line:
./helloworld
The C program was executed successfully.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, i have shown to you how to install and Use the GCC compiler on Linux ubuntu 22.04 system.
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