Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file
Date	2015-04-21 08:45 -0700
Organization	None to speak of
Message-ID	<87k2x5mqnr.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink)
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
[...]
> You don't have gcc installed.
> The easiest way to get programs on the Mac is via home-brew.
> Type "brew" and see if you have it.
> If not, do a web search on "Homebrew, apple mac" and follow the
> instructions (obviously it can't install itself).
>
> Then you type 
> brew install gcc
>
> If it throws instructions at you, follow them.
>
> The Xcode compiler is clang. You can also try running that from
> the command line. But it's probably easier to use gcc - clang is
> basically an objective C compiler so a bit strange.

Your claim that "clang is basically an objective C compiler" is,
to the best of my knowledge, completely incorrect, and I wonder
where you got that idea.  Clang includes C, C++, Objective-C,
and Objective-C++ front ends -- as does gcc.

As I recall, the default installation on Mac OSX uses the name "gcc"
to invoke the clang compiler (probably to avoid breaking Makefiles
that assume the C compiler is called "gcc").  If you have a compiler
installed, typing "gcc --version" will tell you which compiler it is.

If I recall correctly, clang is the default C and C++ compiler
for MacOS.  It can also be installed on Linux systems, though such
installations typically do not use "gcc" as the command name to
invoke clang.  (I have both gcc and clang installed on my system).

My recommendation to the original poster is to set up the
command-line tools in the usual way for Mac OSX.  I *think* that
the usual way is to install clang.  You can certainly install gcc if
you prefer, but that's going to be more complicated and I wouldn't
recommend it for the original poster.  There are valid reasons to
want to use gcc on OSX, but they're unlikely to apply here.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 00:31 -0700
  Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-04-21 11:38 +0200
  Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-21 11:12 +0100
  Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-21 06:21 -0700
    Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-04-21 13:35 +0000
    Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-21 13:38 +0000
    Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-21 14:44 +0100
    Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-21 08:45 -0700
      Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-22 05:35 -0700
        Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-22 10:20 -0700
        Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-22 10:17 -0700
          Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-22 12:56 -0700
            Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-22 13:28 -0700
              Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-22 14:23 -0700
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-22 22:39 +0100
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-22 21:45 +0000
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-23 01:28 +0100
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 09:30 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-04-23 10:38 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 13:44 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-22 18:15 -0700
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 09:33 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-23 02:52 -0700
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 13:52 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-23 05:21 -0700
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-23 12:34 +0000
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-04-23 15:15 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-23 13:24 +0000
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-23 06:42 -0700
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Ben Bacarisse <ben.lists@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-23 14:58 +0100
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 16:07 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-23 07:41 -0700
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 17:28 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-23 12:36 +0000
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 15:50 +0200
                Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-04-25 10:23 +0000
  Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-04-21 13:37 +0000
  Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 06:53 -0700
  Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 07:43 -0700
  Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-04-26 09:15 -0700
    Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-26 12:43 -0700
      Re: Getting Started with C; Terminal does not compile my file G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-04-26 14:53 -0700

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