The C Programming Guide

Intro to C

C is a general-purpose programming language. It was designed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs, and is still widely used today.

Required Software

• Text Editor
• C/C++ Compiler
• Terminal Emulator

We recommend installing GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) to get started. Use whatever text editor you like best.

Installing a Compiler on Linux

First run the following command to see if GCC is installed:

gcc -v

If not, we've included a couple of examples.

Ubuntu:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential

Fedora:

sudo yum update
sudo yum install gcc

Arch:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S gcc

Installing a Compiler on Mac

Install the Homebrew package manager, and run the following command:

brew install gcc

Installing a Compiler on Windows

Install MinGW from https://mingw.org

Conclusion

Okay, Now we are ready to write our first program in C.