In this tutorial, you will install the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and build a simple C++ Hello World application. This tutorial should take less than 15 minutes to complete.
You will need a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 system with a current Red Hat subscription that allows you to download software and updates from Red Hat. If you don’t have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription, you can try it for free. Get started with an evaluation at https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/evaluation. Developers should select the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Workstation option to ensure your evaluation includes additional tools from the Red Hat Developer Toolset and Red Hat Software Collections.
If you encounter difficulties at any point, see Troubleshooting and FAQ.
In this step, you will download and install the latest updates from Red Hat for your system. In the process, you will verify that your system has a current Red Hat subscription and is able to receive updates.
First, start a Terminal window from the Application menu. Then after using su to change to the root user ID, use subscription-manager to verify that you have access to Red Hat Software Repositories.
$ su -
# subscription-manager repos --list-enabledIf you don’t see any enabled repositories, your system might not be registered with Red Hat or might not have a valid subscription. See Troubleshooting and FAQ for more information.
Now download and install any available updates by running yum update. If updates are available, yum will list them and ask if it is OK to proceed.
# yum update
In this next step you will use a single command to download and install the GCC C and C++ compilers as well as other development tools. You should still have the previous Terminal window open, and still be running under su.
# yum install @development
Your system might already have these tools installed if you selected the Development Tools package collection during installation. In this case, yum will return Nothing to do.
The steps that need to be run as root have been completed, so type exit to return to your normal user ID.
# exit
$In this step you will create and run the C++ Hello World application. You should still have a Terminal window open running under your regular user ID.
Now create hello.cpp using your preferred text editor or simply use cat:
$ cat > hello.cpp
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
cout << "Hello, Red Hat Developers World!" << endl;
return 0;
}Type control-d to exit cat, or if you used an editor save the file and exit.
Now compile and run the program:
$ g++ -o hello hello.cpp
$ ./hello
Hello, Red Hat Developers World!Developing with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Developer Guide — The developer guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 provides an introduction to application development tools and using source code management tools such as Git in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
You may also want to view the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Developer Guide for updated information. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 was released in 2014.
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My system is unable to download updates from Red Hat.
I don’t have a current Red Hat subscription, can I get an evaluation?
If you don’t have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription, you can try it for free. Get started with an evaluation at https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/evaluation. Developers should select the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Workstation option to ensure your evaluation includes additional tools from the Red Hat Developer Toolset and Red Hat Software Collections.
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Which version of GCC am I using?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes a version of the GNU compiler collection that is supported for the same lifecycle as the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Major releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are supported for up to 10 years.
Use
g++ -vto see what version you have installed.$ g++ -v gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) (GCC) -
How can I obtain a newer version of GCC/G++?
Red Hat Developer Toolset provides the latest, stable, open source C and C++ compilers and complementary development tools including Eclipse. DTS enables developers to compile applications once and deploy across multiple versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Red Hat Developer Toolset uses Software Collections to install a parallel set of packages in
/opt/rhwhere they will not override the system packages that come with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Software Collections is available with select Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions and has a three-year life cycle to allow rapid innovation without sacrificing stability.