Compiling C++ code by using g++ in Ubuntu

This article aim to share a little bit of knowledge on how to compile c++ code by using gcc compiler. In case you never experience how to compile c++ code in linux environment, this article will guide you through install of gcc and compile your very first C++ program in Ubuntu. Here it go the steps: 1. Install Ubuntu build-essential package so that it install gcc compiler into the system. Use the following command to download the package. 2. Create the C++ file. Let’s call the c++ file – “HelloWorld.cpp”. I am using vi to create the following C++ file. You may use your preference editor. 3. Once the cpp file is saved and it’s ready to compile now by using g++. Use the following command to compile our very first cpp file now. 4. An executable HelloWorld is produced and ready to be executed by using the following command. 5. The output of the executable program is displayed as follow: