[clug-talk] C++ compiler

[Michael John Walters]

Hello All,

I know that I have a C compiler on my system because I wrote a simple C
programme called csimple.c and used the command, gcc csimple.c -o
csimple.o and got the object code file csimple.o and when I did the
command ./csimple.o the programme worked beautifully giving me exactly
the result I wanted.

However, when I tried to compile a simple C++ program with gcc I got a
number of compilation errors indicating that the gcc compiler is not
also a C++ compiler.

I was wondering what the C++ compiler is called and whether it is easy
to install. If I knew the name of the C++ compiler I could even do an
aptitude search <C++ compiler> where <C++ compiler> is the correct name
of the C++ compiler and I could find out whether it is on my system or
not. If it is on my system but not yet installed, it should be easy to
install.

I would like to install the C++ compiler so that I could go through a  
C++ programming book that my brother gave me. I see that the book my
brother gave me has a lot of programmes I want to write given as
examples. I would then modify my programmes to do exactly what I want,
And the changes from the examples in the book are very minor. The book
my brother gave me is "How to think like a computer scientist" by Allen
B. Downey C++ Version, First Edition.

So the two things I would like to find out are "What is the name of the
gnome C++ compiler?" and "What is the command to compile a C++ program?"

Once my C++ program called cplusplussimple.cpp is compiled successfully
as an object code file called cplusplussimple.o the
command ./cplusplusimple.o should run it, if I am not mistaken.

Please comment on my ramblings.

Regards,

Michael Walters - tier two member