The installer will proceed to complete the installation.Īfter completing the installation, Code Blocks will prompt you to run it.Ĭlick no and then click on the Next button. Select the destination folder (keep it to default) and click next. Make sure 'MinGW Compiler Suite' is selected because this option will install GCC on your system. Select Full Installation, it will look something like this:

In the next window, Code Blocks will ask you to select components you want to install. Click next to continue.Īccept the license agreement and click next. It is crucial for you to select MinGW setup because this will install the GCC compiler on your system.Īfter downloading double click on the setup to run it and you will be presented with the following window. Go to and scroll down a little under Section 'Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8.x / 10:' select ''. We will first learn how to write a simple program using an IDE, then I will show you how you can create programs using your text editor and compile it using GCC compiler.

Then to compile the program you need to open command prompt or terminal and type some commands.

If you are not using IDE then you need to create the program using your text editor. Code Blocks comes with a compiler called GCC to compile C and C++ programs. IDE allows you to create, compile and run programs from a single environment. You can create your programs using your default text editor like Notepad in Windows or vim in Linux, but to make things easy we will install a cross-platform IDE(Integrated Development Environment) called Code Blocks. Steps you need to follow while writing C programs. exe extension in Windows) which computer can execute. So whenever you compile a program, the compiler creates a new binary file called executable (having. A compiler translates your program into a binary stream of 1s and 0s which computer understands. To create and run programs you need two things:Ī text editor is where you write your programs.

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