programming with c++ on EMACS (Linux) fedora ?

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i recently installed Fedora (redhat) linux on my laptop from the 'a pratical guide to Redhat Linux'. after a week of exploring Fedora Core i decided to try some C++ assembly language programming in the EMACS application. i used the text editor and copyied the hello world example from the book. i then saved the file as example.cc and reopened it with emacs. i chose to compile it and start the minibuffering but the error message no target object no make file. so i skip to the back of the book about making a

sorry about that my psp is so gay. about making a makefile for UNIX. i create one and tried it on emacs again but it displayed the same error message as before. so i'm wondering if anyone who uses linux can help me out here and please be nice about it. i don't need rudeness i need advice.

The UNIX server in my school's Computer Science lab has the makemake and gmakemake utilities installed, which produce makefiles for you. So, for example, running "gmakemake > Makefile" from the command line (in the same folder as the C++ code) would produce a makefile for you, then running "make" would compile the code. You'd do the latter again every time you saved changes to the code, but the former only when you added a new code file.

I'm not a hardcore UNIX user (I tend to stick to Windows machines, for gaming) so I'm not sure if these come preinstalled or will even work on your system. I'll look into this more if I get a chance.

Those packages likely are not installed by default on a Fedora system. You'll want to head to your package manager and install the packages Darth_Aspie mentioned, along with gcc, g++ and all the rest if they aren't already.

My first bet would be to open a terminal, use "su" to become root, and type "yum install g++" to make sure you have the proper compiler.

A few random questions/comments:

It hasn't been Fedora Core in years; do you have the most recent version?

C++ is not assembly language.

Emacs is a text editor. Were you using Gedit (labeled "text editor" in your Applications menu) to write the code, and Emacs to compile/execute it? I would write the code in any text editor (I use vim, but to start off with Gedit is fine) and compile it on the command line, with "g++ example.cc" in the appropriate directory.

well i know that fedora 2.6 is old but i chose it over Windows XP because the latter is way too slow on my dell latitude. i also have a problem with connecting to the internet. i dont think it has my network card type since it's newer. and how do you access your flash card files once you plug it into your computer? i plug it in and use the file browser to find the pictures and music from windows (i have 2 harddrives). i was thinking of becomming a WhiteHat also any suggestions ????

The extension is supposed to be .cpp, not .cc. As for the Makefile, I don't know why you would need one. What compiler are you using? Is it gcc?

There was never anything called Fedora 2.6. That might be your kernel version. Could you paste the output of "uname -a" here?


More likely, your network card requires proprietary drivers. That can be handled in Fedora with some difficulty, though Mint would be easier.


Once you plug in the flash drive it should just show up on your desktop. If not, open a file browser window and it will be in the side panel.