Need some help compiling a C++ file

[Ennio]

It has been a while since I used C++ and I need some help compiling some source codes.

I have a program that contains about 21 files some of these files are header files and some are .cpp files.

When I try to compile the main.cpp file I get a bunch of error saying it cannot find some of the other files that is needed for the main program to run.

I'm using gcc -o main main.cpp to compile the main program (this is when I get the error).

I also tried to compile all the files together by using gcc -o main *.cpp but I still get some errors.

How can I compile the files in the correct order so I can get it to work? I tried to compile some of the other files that has no MAIN in the code, but I cannot get it to compile, I get an error saying undefined reference to main.

Thank you

[zeRoau]

isn't it

g++ *.cpp -o main

You'll need to compile all the files together, If it errors with this then paste the errors you get here.

[treuss]

First, you need to learn to differentiate compiler and linker errors. Which ones are you getting?

To compile a cpp file, use g++ -c <filename>. So g++ -c *.cpp should give you a bunch of .o files. If an error occurs during running this command, it's a compiler error and you will have to check for missing include files and possibly include the -I flag in your command.

To link the files to form an executable use g++ -o <name_of_executable> *.o. If you get errors there, you might be missing some cpp files or you will have to link in a library (-l flag).

In any case, post the error message to get more help.