C++ is a general-purpose programming language.
C++ (pronounced "cee plus plus") is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language.
Questions tagged [c++]
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What is a command to compile and run C++ programs?
I am new to Linux. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and do not know how to compile and execute C++ program in it. I need to know the commands to Compile and Execute a C++ program in Linux.
user24989
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Where do I find the core dump in ubuntu 16.04LTS?
I have a C++ program that does what it is supposed to do, but there must be some problem with pointer, since it crashes at the end and creates a core dump. My problem is that I cannot find the core file, so I cannot debug it.
I have tried
ulimit…
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How to install gcc-7 or clang 4.0?
I want to try C++17 features and I want to install standard compliant compiler (preferably GCC). I'm totally new to Linux and Ubuntu and I simply don't understand a lot.
I tried to follow…
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How to build a simple chat using netcat?
I am currently working on a project and I have implemented a simple chat application using the netcat libraries.
The client is prompted to enter port number and the command
nc -l -p xxxx
where xxxx is the port number entered by the…
Sachin S Kamath
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Installing and using universal-ctags instead of exuberant-ctags
How could I switch from exuberant-ctags to universal-ctags. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and
ctags --version reports
Exuberant Ctags 5.9~svn20110310, Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Darren Hiebert
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How to install g++ compiler?
I have tried the following:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to…
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How to compile C++ source code ("iostream.h not found" error)?
I do not want to discuss about C++ or any programming language!I just want to know what am i doing wrong with linux ubuntu about compiling helloworld.cpp!
I am learning C++ so my steps are:
open hello.cpp in vim and write this
#include…
gabriel
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Fatal error: gl/glut.h: no such file or directory
I'm attempting to write a program and I keep getting this error:
Fatal error: gl/glut.h: no such file or directory
I've read through other similar problems that people were having, and nothing has worked for me. What can I do to solve this problem?
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Is it possible to use Python with the Ubuntu SDK?
David Planella wrote in his answer to a question I posted that:
...the recommended way to develop apps for Ubuntu is the Ubuntu SDK.
So I installed it, but looks like the supported programming language is C++. Does it mean I will need to know C++…
Zignd
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Where to install libraries manually?
I want to install SFML (a free multimedia C++ API) on my Ubuntu system, which basically isn't a problem. But I wanted to know where I should store the files.
I can see, that Ubuntu stores my C++ Standard libraries in /usr/include/c++ and so on..
My…
Stefan Falk
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clang++ cannot find iostream
Here is a simple code :
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
int main()
{
std::cout << "Hello, world!" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
when I…
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Run system commands from QML App
I want to run a system command from inside my application. It's suppose to run a command on a remote server using SSH. But that's not really the point. The point is that I don't know how to run any kind of command from the app. I asked in the mail…
Daniel Holm
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How to set Clang 9 as the default C++ compiler on Ubuntu 19.10?
how do I set Clang 9 as the default C++ compiler on Ubuntu 19.10?
I searched the internet, but nothing helped.
Thank you for answer :)
user1027802
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Installing clang 5.0 and using C++17
I have been trying for 3 days to install clang 5.0 on an Ubuntu 16.04 machine. I have tried various guides, but nothing seems to work. When I try to simply grab the latest from SVN and build/install (as detailed here), trying to compile a simple…
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How do you find libraries (C++) in Ubuntu?
Sorry, this is such a beginner question, but I've recently begun programming with C++ on Ubuntu 12.10 and I've installed a few libraries I need to work with, for example PCL and I can't find them to add them to my project. I'm using Qt Creator as…
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