?? newbie questions about compiler

[martymarty]

I am a newbie. I know how to write a C program to print "Hello World" . I am that 'new'

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QUESTIONS[/b]

1. Can you give me an Internet address where I might find a simple explanation of what is an IDE (such as < codelite IDE> ) ?

2. Most importantly: do I need a compiler to use < codelite IDE > to print "Hello World" ?
If I do need a compiler where would I find a one for my Windows XP computer?

3. Is there an example of ALL the steps required to write a "Hello World" C program. I can't get < codelite IDE > to produce a print out !

please give 3 answers.
Thanks
martymarty

[eranif]

1. Can you give me an Internet address where I might find a simple explanation of what is an IDE (such as < codelite IDE> ) ?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+an+IDE

2. Most importantly: do I need a compiler to use < codelite IDE > to print "Hello World" ?
If I do need a compiler where would I find a one for my Windows XP computer?

Yes, an IDE is not a compiler

3. Is there an example of ALL the steps required to write a "Hello World" C program. I can't get < codelite IDE > to produce a print out !

http://codelite.org/AddNewCompiler/AddNewCompiler

Eran

[willlearn]

I am having a few troubles of my own with programming. If you don't mind me asking, what compiler did you use to print out "Hello World"?

[eranif]

http://codelite.org/AddNewCompiler/AddNewCompiler
Eran

[willlearn]

I clicked on the link to download clang version 3.5, and installed it under my c drive. Then I opened CodeLite 7, told it to automatically detect installed compilers, and it detected my clang installation. Then I opened up my project, changed its compiler to clang, and tried to build the project. But all it does is hang there. I can do other stuff with my laptop, but CodeLite doesn't display anything.

[eranif]

That link offers to install MinGW564 or 32... how did you end up installing the one compiler that does not work well on Windows ?
Please install MinGW64

Eran

[willlearn]

Oh sorry. Got a little mixed up.
Anyway, I clicked on the link to download the 64 bit version of TDM GCC 4.9.2, and installed it under my c drive. It created a folder called TDM-GCC-64. Then I opened CodeLite, and had to manually add the compiler. CodeLite gave it a weird name, MinGW ( gcc.exe (tdm64-1) 4.9.2 ), but I decided to leave it that way. So I created a new C++ workspace, and a simple g++ executable project. But it will still hang and not build.

[eranif]

Do you have any firewalls / anti virus software installed? It might be that it is blocking the execution of the compiler

Eran

[willlearn]

Thank you for your help so far.
Yes, I do have a firewall and antivirus software; however, I disabled them and CodeLite still won't build. If execute without building in CodeLite, then it will show a display of something like returned with 0.
Also, I can compile and execute in cmd. Doing this will display the desired output, in this case "Hello World!".
willlearn

[eranif]

Please post the content of your build log, and your 'Trace' tab
Eran