c compiler for linux

iTRY · February 6th, 2010, 05:15

hello i have just installed linux fedora on my machine, and i was wondering what the best free c compiler is. i googled free c compilers and theres lots so can somebody help me out ? Thanx

G-Brain · February 6th, 2010, 08:44

GCC is the standard, and I have no doubt your distribution will have a package or a port for it.

If you're looking for an IDE, in the Unix world a lot of people (including myself) use either Emacs or vi/vim which are very advanced text editors. If you're looking for something more graphical, I've heard a lot of good things about Qt Creator.

iTRY · February 6th, 2010, 12:31

i've just downloaded qt creator i'm not to sure about emacs or vi/vim never come across them before. i'm still learning so i'll try it out and let you know how i get on thankyou

1100 · February 9th, 2010, 07:06

Sorry for late response but I second using GNU GCC. Have used it at school before and it's great.
http://gcc.gnu.org/

iTRY · March 6th, 2010, 16:06

thank you for help on the subject i've just bought a book on tcp/ip i'm gonna learn that before i carry on with assembly

g0tr00t · March 6th, 2010, 16:52

gcc should be already installed for your Fedora. If not su to root and do the following

Code:

yum install gcc

Also the QT creator is just a GUI that helps you write code. The real compiler is gcc

G-Brain · March 6th, 2010, 17:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by g0tr00t

Also the QT creator is just a GUI that helps you write code. The real compiler is gcc

I mentioned it was an IDE.

asdef · April 2nd, 2010, 18:35

open up your terminal (derp) and type (derp derp) in "gcc" DERPPP

G-Brain · April 3rd, 2010, 04:01

Alternatively, use clang.

I quite like it and I think the LLVM project is very exciting.