[ZeroShade]

How do I run a C program in ubuntu's terminal?

[peterhuang913]

What do you mean a C program?

[S0ULphIRE]

^ I think he means some C code (a program he's written).^

[void]

If its a program you've written , then from the directory your program is in.

./myprogram

If it a system program such as cat or ls.

cat file.txt

[ZeroShade]

I'm trying to follow a tutorial in a book i bought. It tells me to type ~/booksrc ls gcc firstprog.c
But it just spits the folder name back out and says its a directory. I checked where the file was... it is in ~/booksrc. Any ideas?

[Baez]

To compile the program using gnu you only need to use "gcc" if you're in the folder containing the C program.

[mattew]

u will first have to open the VI editor and write the code in it.
make sure u dont use ne of the header file pertainig to graphics in it (sometimes it doesnt work) save the code with xtension .c
then u must compile using gcc
the code is "gcc -c main.c"(where main is name of ur file dont use quotes)
is its a c++ program the use
"g++ -c main.cpp"