c and linux

[vidhu]

I have never worked on linux and unix. Now i need to compile and run my C programs on linux. Can anyboby please guide me with some basic commands and steps to do so

one more help: is there any interfcae support like MFC (of windows) for linux

thanks

[kuphryn]

One solution is "gcc source.c."

One good C++ windows programming tool for Linux is Borland Kylix.

Kuphryn

[Yves M]

There are two main window managers for Linux, KDE and Gnome. I'm sure you have come across them before.

KDE uses the QT libraries made by Trolltech (which is a commercial company). These libraries are also available for Windows and the Mac, but you have to pay for them if your program is commercial. They contain a lot of similar things to MFC. To develop with KDE, use KDevelop, it should actually already come with your linux distribution. It is an IDE a bit like VC with integrated help about KDE and QT (provided you have installed the documentation). You can also program Gnome applications with KDevelop. QT and hence KDE is all C++ based with classes etc.

Gnome uses GTK+. This is another set of libraries that you can use to program windowed applications under Linux. To write simple applications, use Glade. GTK+ is totally LGPL, so you can develop commercial applications with it for free (provided you link dynamically to the gtk+ libraries). GTK+ is also available for Windows, BeOS and the Mac. It uses C-style interfaces, so it's less object oriented.

I prefer to use GTK+, but that's a personal decision.

[indiocolifa]

Borland Kylix is good because it's portable between Windows/Linux, you can do cross-development fairly easy.

Look also at www.wxwindows.org for another cross-platform windowing library.

good luck!

[vidhu]

thanks..
i think it iwll help me

[Arnold Layne]

And what about fltk GUI OS-portable library? Any opinions?