ken j schrieb: > Hi, I am a COMPLETE newby at programming but am trying hard to get as far as > I can on my own. I have installed Cygwin, with the gcc compiler package, and > it all seems to be working OK. I'm using the 'Hello World' sample program > used in the tutorial at cplusplus.com - code is as follows: > > // my first program in C++ > > #include <iostream> > using namespace std; > > int main () > { > cout << "Hello World!"; > return 0; > } > > I have saved the text to file c:\cygwin\hello.c, then from within Cygwin I > have typed: > gcc /hello.c -o hello.exe. I get the following error messages:
Cygwin specific: Install the gcc-g++ package (if you have multiple choices for gcc, install the same version as the core compiler) and the corresponding libstdc++6 and libstdc++6-devel packages. (unless you've already done that - try cygcheck -c -d). Generic GCC usage: To compile C++ executables, use g++ to compile (not gcc) so that the front-end looks for the proper headers and libraries. It is also advisable to call the C++ source files .cc or .cxx rather than .c (using .c makes the front-end believe you want to compile C, not C++). HTH MA -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple