Objective
The objective is to install GCC the C compiler on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo
command is required.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo
command - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Other Versions of this Tutorial
Instructions
Install GCC
The following linux command will install gcc
compiler on on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver. Open up terminal and enter:
$ sudo apt install gcc
Install build-essential
Another way to install gcc
compiler is to install it as part of build-essential
package. build-essential
package will also install additional libraries as well as g++
compiler. In most cases or if unsure this is exactly what you need:
$ sudo apt install build-essential
Check GCC version
Confirm your installation by checking for GCC version:
$ gcc --version gcc (Ubuntu 7.2.0-18ubuntu2) 7.2.0 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
C Hello World
Compile a simple C “Hello World” code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
Save the above code within hello.c
file, compile and execute it:
$ gcc -o hello hello.c $ ./hello Hello, World!