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How To Write and Run A C Program On Ubuntu

This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to write and run a C program on Ubuntu using the GNU C compiler. It outlines the necessary installations, including the compiler and text editor, and details the process of writing, compiling, and executing a simple C program. The guide is aimed at beginners looking to get started with C programming on a Linux operating system.

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How To Write and Run A C Program On Ubuntu

This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to write and run a C program on Ubuntu using the GNU C compiler. It outlines the necessary installations, including the compiler and text editor, and details the process of writing, compiling, and executing a simple C program. The guide is aimed at beginners looking to get started with C programming on a Linux operating system.

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How to Write and Run a C Program on Ubuntu

March 21, 2022 by OSNote

C language is one of the earliest programming languages. It is simple and easy to learn. Formerly C
programming was performed on Turbo C, a discontinued integrated development environment. But
nowadays it can be easily executed on different operating systems.

In this guide, you will learn how to write your first C program using the Linux operating system which
requires just the GNU C compiler and a text editor and not a full blown integrated development
environment to get started. The following steps will show to install a GNU C compiler on Linux, how to
write the source code, compile and execute the C program.

Requirements

To execute a C program on Linux, you need to install the following :

GNU C and C++ compiler collection

Development tools

Development libraries

IDE or text editor to write programs

Step 1: Installation of the compiler on Linux

For C programming it is essential to install a compiler that will compile the program before executing. In
Linux operating system type the following command in terminal to install the GNU C compiler which is
one of the most famous compilers for Linux:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential manpages-dev

Output:
Install C Compiler and Toolchain

Step 2: Verification of installation

To ensure that your compiler is installed type the given command to find its location and version
number:

$ whereis gcc

Output:

Check GCC C-Compiler version

$ which gcc

Output:

Which GCC

$ gcc --version

Output:

GCC

Step 3: Open text editor on Linux

To start writing your source code, open a text editor by typing

$ gedit program.c
Step 4: Write your first C program

Write the C source code given below in text editor:

#include

main()

printf("This is my first C program on ubuntu\n");

Close the editor window.

Output:

My First C Program

Step 5: Compile your program using GNU C compiler

The following command will invoke the GNU C compiler to compile the file program.c and output (-o)
the result to an executable called program.

$ gcc -o program program.c

Output:

Compile sourcecode with GCC

Step 6: Execute your program


Type the given command to display output:

$ ./program

Output:

Run binary program

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