Installing the Tools

Windows Only

1. Open Administrator Terminal

2. Install WSL for Windows

   wsl --install
   wsl --install Ubuntu-22.04

3. Start WSL in Terminal with

   wsl

   (Or as app)

WSL, Linux, MacOS

1. (WSL/Ubuntu): Update package lists and System

   sudo apt update   # update the Ubuntu package lists
   sudo apt upgrade  # actually install new packages/versions 

2. Install compiler\

   Mac:

   xcode-select --install

   WSL/Ubuntu:

   sudo apt install build-essential

   If you want to use clang, also:

   sudo apt install clang

3. Now try the compiler command:

   gcc

   Or if you downloaded clang:

   clang

   You should see the compiler ask for an input file

4. Install editor (VSCode/CLion/NVim/other)

5. Try to compile hello world

Compiling Code

1. Move to helloWorld.c file in terminal

2. Compile the file

   clang helloWorld.c -o helloWorld.out

3. Run the file

   ./helloWorld.out

Tips & Tricks

1. You can use the wsl command to execute linux commands in the windows Terminal

   wsl <command>

   This means you can open a folder in VSCode directly in the wsl from windows:

   wsl code .  #open the current folder ( . ) in vscode