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I need to "set up the environemnt so that the location of g++ is available from the PATH? WHat does that mean? I am new to computer science hence the jargon is still a bit confusing
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I need to "set up the environemnt so that the location of g++ is available from the PATH? WHat does that mean? I am new to computer science hence the jargon is still a bit confusing
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PATHis an environment variable, usually set via shell config files. It's a colon-separated list of directories, and it is where shell or syscalls such asexecve()look for commands when you call them by name. That's why doinglsinstead of/bin/lsworks in shell. If that's your question, it's a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/60218/… As forg++compiler , you need to install it first, so the question is "Have you installed g++ in the first place ?"
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
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Most likely it is a Windows question.
– Pilot6
7 hours ago
@Pilot6 Let's not assume There's been no indication of Windows things yet
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
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I need to "set up the environemnt so that the location of g++ is available from the PATH? WHat does that mean? I am new to computer science hence the jargon is still a bit confusing
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PATHis an environment variable, usually set via shell config files. It's a colon-separated list of directories, and it is where shell or syscalls such asexecve()look for commands when you call them by name. That's why doinglsinstead of/bin/lsworks in shell. If that's your question, it's a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/60218/… As forg++compiler , you need to install it first, so the question is "Have you installed g++ in the first place ?"
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
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Most likely it is a Windows question.
– Pilot6
7 hours ago
@Pilot6 Let's not assume There's been no indication of Windows things yet
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
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PATHis an environment variable, usually set via shell config files. It's a colon-separated list of directories, and it is where shell or syscalls such asexecve()look for commands when you call them by name. That's why doinglsinstead of/bin/lsworks in shell. If that's your question, it's a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/60218/… As forg++compiler , you need to install it first, so the question is "Have you installed g++ in the first place ?"
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
3
Most likely it is a Windows question.
– Pilot6
7 hours ago
@Pilot6 Let's not assume There's been no indication of Windows things yet
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
1
1
PATH is an environment variable, usually set via shell config files. It's a colon-separated list of directories, and it is where shell or syscalls such as execve() look for commands when you call them by name. That's why doing ls instead of /bin/ls works in shell. If that's your question, it's a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/60218/… As for g++ compiler , you need to install it first, so the question is "Have you installed g++ in the first place ?"– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
PATH is an environment variable, usually set via shell config files. It's a colon-separated list of directories, and it is where shell or syscalls such as execve() look for commands when you call them by name. That's why doing ls instead of /bin/ls works in shell. If that's your question, it's a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/60218/… As for g++ compiler , you need to install it first, so the question is "Have you installed g++ in the first place ?"– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
3
3
Most likely it is a Windows question.
– Pilot6
7 hours ago
Most likely it is a Windows question.
– Pilot6
7 hours ago
@Pilot6 Let's not assume There's been no indication of Windows things yet
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
@Pilot6 Let's not assume There's been no indication of Windows things yet
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
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You are probably reading instructions for setting up GCC on Windows. While Linux does have environment variables, including the PATH variable, it's not needed to add GCC to your PATH since it will be available by default.
Simply install GCC which includes the g++ compiler:
sudo apt install build-essential
This will install GCC and other common tools for building C++ code such as make. If for some reason you want to only install GCC you can do:
sudo apt install gcc
In either case you will see that both gcc and g++ commands are available and can compile a basic hello world like this:
g++ hello.cpp
Where hello.cpp contains something like:
#include <iostream>
int main() {
std::cout << "Hello" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
answered 7 hours ago
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
2,76811323
It's more accurate to say, that on Ubuntu the location to whichg++installs is added toPATHalready, not that it's globally unnecessary under Linux. In case ofpingcommand, openSUSE for instance has no/sbinin PATH while Ubuntu does ( source ). But otherwise +1'ed, good answer
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
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You are probably reading instructions for setting up GCC on Windows. While Linux does have environment variables, including the PATH variable, it's not needed to add GCC to your PATH since it will be available by default.
Simply install GCC which includes the g++ compiler:
sudo apt install build-essential
This will install GCC and other common tools for building C++ code such as make. If for some reason you want to only install GCC you can do:
sudo apt install gcc
In either case you will see that both gcc and g++ commands are available and can compile a basic hello world like this:
g++ hello.cpp
Where hello.cpp contains something like:
#include <iostream>
int main() {
std::cout << "Hello" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
answered 7 hours ago
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
2,76811323
It's more accurate to say, that on Ubuntu the location to whichg++installs is added toPATHalready, not that it's globally unnecessary under Linux. In case ofpingcommand, openSUSE for instance has no/sbinin PATH while Ubuntu does ( source ). But otherwise +1'ed, good answer
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
add a comment |
You are probably reading instructions for setting up GCC on Windows. While Linux does have environment variables, including the PATH variable, it's not needed to add GCC to your PATH since it will be available by default.
Simply install GCC which includes the g++ compiler:
sudo apt install build-essential
This will install GCC and other common tools for building C++ code such as make. If for some reason you want to only install GCC you can do:
sudo apt install gcc
In either case you will see that both gcc and g++ commands are available and can compile a basic hello world like this:
g++ hello.cpp
Where hello.cpp contains something like:
#include <iostream>
int main() {
std::cout << "Hello" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
answered 7 hours ago
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
2,76811323
It's more accurate to say, that on Ubuntu the location to whichg++installs is added toPATHalready, not that it's globally unnecessary under Linux. In case ofpingcommand, openSUSE for instance has no/sbinin PATH while Ubuntu does ( source ). But otherwise +1'ed, good answer
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
add a comment |
You are probably reading instructions for setting up GCC on Windows. While Linux does have environment variables, including the PATH variable, it's not needed to add GCC to your PATH since it will be available by default.
Simply install GCC which includes the g++ compiler:
sudo apt install build-essential
This will install GCC and other common tools for building C++ code such as make. If for some reason you want to only install GCC you can do:
sudo apt install gcc
In either case you will see that both gcc and g++ commands are available and can compile a basic hello world like this:
g++ hello.cpp
Where hello.cpp contains something like:
#include <iostream>
int main() {
std::cout << "Hello" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
answered 7 hours ago
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
2,76811323
You are probably reading instructions for setting up GCC on Windows. While Linux does have environment variables, including the PATH variable, it's not needed to add GCC to your PATH since it will be available by default.
Simply install GCC which includes the g++ compiler:
sudo apt install build-essential
This will install GCC and other common tools for building C++ code such as make. If for some reason you want to only install GCC you can do:
sudo apt install gcc
In either case you will see that both gcc and g++ commands are available and can compile a basic hello world like this:
g++ hello.cpp
Where hello.cpp contains something like:
#include <iostream>
int main() {
std::cout << "Hello" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
answered 7 hours ago
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
2,76811323
answered 7 hours ago
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answered 7 hours ago
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answered 7 hours ago
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2,76811323
It's more accurate to say, that on Ubuntu the location to whichg++installs is added toPATHalready, not that it's globally unnecessary under Linux. In case ofpingcommand, openSUSE for instance has no/sbinin PATH while Ubuntu does ( source ). But otherwise +1'ed, good answer
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
add a comment |
It's more accurate to say, that on Ubuntu the location to whichg++installs is added toPATHalready, not that it's globally unnecessary under Linux. In case ofpingcommand, openSUSE for instance has no/sbinin PATH while Ubuntu does ( source ). But otherwise +1'ed, good answer
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
It's more accurate to say, that on Ubuntu the location to which
g++ installs is added to PATH already, not that it's globally unnecessary under Linux. In case of ping command, openSUSE for instance has no /sbin in PATH while Ubuntu does ( source ). But otherwise +1'ed, good answer– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
It's more accurate to say, that on Ubuntu the location to which
g++ installs is added to PATH already, not that it's globally unnecessary under Linux. In case of ping command, openSUSE for instance has no /sbin in PATH while Ubuntu does ( source ). But otherwise +1'ed, good answer– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
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PATHis an environment variable, usually set via shell config files. It's a colon-separated list of directories, and it is where shell or syscalls such asexecve()look for commands when you call them by name. That's why doinglsinstead of/bin/lsworks in shell. If that's your question, it's a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/60218/… As forg++compiler , you need to install it first, so the question is "Have you installed g++ in the first place ?"– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago
3
Most likely it is a Windows question.
– Pilot6
7 hours ago
@Pilot6 Let's not assume There's been no indication of Windows things yet
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
7 hours ago