Getting started with C programming on Linux only requires one package: gcc
Once you do that, you’re off to the races! 😁
Summary of Commands:
# Install GNU Compiler Collection (gcc)
sudo apt -y install gcc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
gcc is already the newest version (4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libgl1-amber-dri libglapi-mesa libllvm17t64 libwayland-server0
libxcb-dri2-0
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded.
# Create Source Code
vim hello.c
# Compile source code 'hello.c' and
# name executable 'hw'
gcc hello.c -o hw
# Run executable 'hw'
./hw
Source Code for ‘hello.c’
hello.c
<stdio.h>int main(){ printf("Hello world!\n"); return 0;}
