Technology Facts

If you are a programmer, developer or a person just learning to program in C and C++ you would require the compilers for C and C++. It's very easy to install compilers for C and C ++ on Ubuntu Linux. Just type the following command,

sudo aptitude install build-essential

As you are using sudo command you will be asked to enter your password. So just enter your user account password and C & C++ compilers will be installed.

To invoke C compiler you have to use cc or gcc command from the command prompt and to invoke C++ compiler you have to use g++ command.