Type sudo apt update and press “Enter” to update the package list. Type sudo apt install build-essential and press “Enter” to install the essential packages, which include GCC, G++, and Make. Type sudo apt-get install manpages-dev and press “Enter” to install the manual pages.

If you’re compiling a C++ program, use “g++” instead of “gcc. ”

If you see errors and want to see more information about them, use gcc -Wall -o errorlog file1. c. Then, view the “errorlog” file in the current directory with cat errorlog. To compile one program from multiple source code files, use gcc -o outputfile file1. c file2. c file3. c. To compile multiple programs at once with multiple source code files, use gcc -c file1. c file2. c file3. c.

Go to https://sourceforge. net/projects/mingw/ in a web browser. Click the green button that says Download. Wait for the installer to download automatically.

Double-click mingw-get-setup. exe in your Downloads folder or web browser. Click Install. Click Continue. MinGW recommends using the default installation folder (C:\MinGW). If you must change the folder, don’t use a folder with spaces in the name (e. g. “Program Files”).

MinGW recommends using the default installation folder (C:\MinGW). If you must change the folder, don’t use a folder with spaces in the name (e. g. “Program Files”).

Click the Installation menu in the upper-left corner. Click Apply Changes. Click Apply. Click Close once the installation is done.

Type environment in the search bar next to the Start menu. Click Edit the system environment variables in the search results. Click Environment Variables Select the Path variable. Click Edit beneath the top box (under “User Variables”) Click New. Type C:\MinGW\bin in the new space. Note that if you installed MinGW to a different directory, enter C:\path-to-that-directory\bin. Click OK, and then OK again. Click the one remaining OK button to close the window.

Type cmd in the search bar next to the Start menu. . Right-click Command Prompt in the search results, then select Run As Administrator. Click Yes to allow changes.

Any coding errors that appear must be corrected before the program will compile.

If you receive an “Access is denied” or “Permission denied” error message when compiling a program or running the output executable file, check the folder permissions and make sure you have full read/write access to the folder that contains the source code. If that doesn’t work, try temporarily disabling your virus software. [4] X Research source