C++: First steps on Fedora

Install compiler, autoconf and automake tools:

$ sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ autoconf automake

autoconf - a tool for producing configure scripts for building, installing and packaging software on computer systems where a Bourne shell is available [1];

automake - a programming tool that produces portable makefiles for use by the make program, used in compiling software [2];

GNU GCC C compiler (gcc)  - the package contains a GNU Compiler Collection;

GNU GCC C++ compiler (gcc-c++) - the package adds C++ support to the GNU Compiler Collection [3].

$ man g++

gcc - GNU project C and C++ compiler

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When you invoke GCC, it normally does preprocessing, compilation, assembly and linking. The "overall options" allow you to stop this process at an intermediate stage.  For example, the -c option says not to run the linker.  Then the output consists of object files output by the assembler.

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To compile multiple cpp files and link them together use:

$ g++ main.cpp file_1.cpp file_n.cpp

a.out executable file will be generated. Run it as:

$ ./a.out

OR, compile files separately and link generated object files:

$ g++ -c main.cpp

$ g++ -c file_1.cpp

$ g++ -c file_n.cpp

$ g++ -o out.file main.o file_1.o file_n.o

and simply run the generated executable file:

$ ./out.file

Useful links:

http://www.cplusplus.com/

Sources:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoconf
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automake
3. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-install-c-cpp-compiler-on-rhel/