Beginning Programmer in C

[justend]

Hopefully this is the right place for my question. I am very new to Linux. If there is a better place to post questions of this nature, please let me know!

I have done a moderate amount of programming in C with Windows, but never with Linux. I have made a real simple program which I would like to compile and run. Can you tell me how I can do this with a Linux based program - what program can I use - do I need a specific program?

Thanks!

[debiandude]

To compile c programs you need something called gcc. Most distros install it by default. To compile your program open up a terminal and goto the directory where the c file is and type:
gcc filename.c -o filename
and then
./filename

Thats it. P.S. you might find something like Kdevelope useful, perhaps if you came from something like MSVC++, I heard that their similiar (although I have never used MSVC++ so I can't garuntee that).

[justend]

Originally posted by debiandude:
<STRONG>To compile c programs you need something called gcc. Most distros install it by default. To compile your program open up a terminal and goto the directory where the c file is and type:
gcc filename.c -o filename
and then
./filename

Thats it. P.S. you might find something like Kdevelope useful, perhaps if you came from something like MSVC++, I heard that their similiar (although I have never used MSVC++ so I can't garuntee that).</STRONG>

[Pinball]

if you were familiar with borland you may like rhide: http://www.rhide.com/
At least I did...