Re: [Sheflug] Re: Shef-lug meeting & Red Hat 7.3

[Will Newton <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 31 Jul 2002 6:36 pm, Douglas Mckendrick wrote:
> I'm wanting to start programming, I'd like to start with c++, I have red
> hat 7.0...the basic workstation.  Could you tell me if I can programme
> direct or will I need to install a rpm?  And what programme would I need to
> look for on my installation disks please.

The programs you will likely need are:

g++ - The GCC C++ compiler
binutils - The GNU assembler and linker
make - The GNU Make utility
gdb - The GNU debugger
glibc-devel - The GNU C library headers

You will probably have most of these installed as standard.

G++ comes with pretty extensive documentation, accessible via:

$ info g++

at the command line.

C++ can be a tricky language to learn, so I would also suggest a few good 
books. :)
I don't know any particularly good tutorial texts (I learnt C++ about 7 years 
ago), but these are good references:

The C++ Programming Language (Special Ed.) - Bjarne Stroustrup
The C++ Standard Library, A Tutorial and Reference - Nicolai M. Josuttis


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