First, the background information - the question itself follows in bold.
I am trying to learn how to write OpenGL programs on 64-Bit Windows 10 Home (Version 21H2 OS Build 19044.1706). I program using Notepad++ as a text editor, and build via batch scripts and command prompt. I do not want to use an IDE or advanced build tools as I have found minimalistic tools to be easier for me to learn.
My development environment is as follows:
I have downloaded the .zip files for GLEW and freeglut from graphics.ucdenver.edu, and extracted the files to Desktop\Graphics\Dependencies\Glew and Desktop\Graphics\Dependencies\FreeGlut, respectively.
In Desktop\Graphics, I have included the code from https://github.com/TransmissionZero/Hello-GLUT as a test, and I am trying to build it using the following batch script:
#echo off
gcc -c %1.c -o %1.exe -I"C:\Users\myusername\Desktop\Graphics\Dependencies\FreeGlut\include" -L"C:\Users\myusername\Desktop\Graphics\Dependencies\FreeGlut\lib" -I"C:\Users\myusername\Desktop\Graphics\Dependencies\Glew\include" -L"C:\Users\myusername\Desktop\Graphics\Dependencies\Glew\lib" -lopengl32 -lbz2 -Wl,--subsystem,windows -Wall
where I am passing the location of the C program (TransmissionZero\HelloGLUT\HelloGLUT) as the command line argument.
The command succeeds without errors or warnings, but when I run the exe, I get "Unsupported 16-Bit Application" and the example program does not run. How do I resolve this issue?
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I'm trying to make a file into a program on VScode with the Bash terminal, but it reports the above error. I'm relatively new to programming as a whole and trying to follow along with the CS50 course uploaded online; please forgive any incompetence.
below is the entire problem
$ make Hello CC=gcc
g++ Hello.C -o Hello
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, g++ Hello.C -o Hello, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
make: *** [<builtin>: Hello] Error 2
I installed Git and then downloaded chocolatey because I was missing the "make" cmd and I was then able to use the cmd but thats as far as I got before the aforementioned error showed up.
I've already made sure the file directory is correct in VScode via the explorer (Folder -> Hello.C)
I've been attempting this for a couple hours now and genuinely have no idea how to proceed; any advice is appreciated.
I am under the assumption you are using Windows.
Which is very likely your problem.
Under Windows, C Compilers aren't preinstalled, and the compiler you are trying to use (GCC/G++) is a Linux exclusive. MinGW is the Windows equivalent.
From personal experience, programming C under Windows is a hassle, so I can recommend you use WSL (Windows Linux Subsystem) and the corresponding VSCode extension, wich allows you to code in VSCode under Windows with the Terminal, Code and Filesystem running in Linux.
If you were watching this Video, the Prof is using Github codespaces an online cloud service his code runs on (also Linux).
I am building a simple command line game in C using the ncurses library on a Linux machine but I want to be able to run the compiled code on a Windows computer. To do this, I am using the MinGW-w64 cross compiler tool in Linux and compiling it to run in a 64 bit Windows environment. However, when I try to compile using this command:
x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -o game.exe barebones.c -lncurses
I get this error:
barebones.c:2:10: fatal error: ncurses.h: No such file or directory
2 | #include <ncurses.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
I installed ncurses on my Ubuntu machine and can create and run the same simple program to run on Linux. I have been able to cross-compile and run simple programs that only use the default libraries. I think I must be listing the ncurses library incorrectly in the compliation command or that I am failing to understand other posts that show that this doesn't work.
I am using Windows 10 and Ubuntu 21.04.
Debian provides no cross-compiling packages for ncurses. (Ubuntu provides no additions or improvements to ncurses in any way, simply reusing packages from Debian). If you want to cross-compile ncurses, you'll have to build ncurses in cross-compiling form.
For development purposes, ncurses packages can be built using the scripts under the (sources) packages directory, e.g., after downloading the current source:
tar xf ncurses-whatever.tgz
cd ncurses-whatever
cp -var packages/debian-mingw64 ./debian
dpkg-buildpackage
That's a starting point. You'd have to do something about the email in the debian/control file to appease dpkg-buildpackage (tutorials are off-topic).
I am working on creating a system in C language and I have installed GCC compiler via MinGW Installer. After this, I created a basic Hello World program to check if the compiler is working properly. I compiled my code using the command gcc hello.c -o hello and then tried to run the executable file thus created by typing hello into the command prompt. But the system is not running my .exe file and giving an error - The system cannot execute the specified program.
I repeated the whole process on my second system, step by step, and I was able to see the output for the same program on the command prompt without any error.
I am not able to understand the exact reason behind this but I suspect it has something to do with the permission to execute a .exe file.
Open your .exe file with Dependancy Walker (https://www.dependencywalker.com/). It will tell you if there is something wrong with the file.
Also you should be able to see there if it's 32-bit or 64-bit. In case of 64-bit it won't run on your system if you're on a 32-bit Windows.
You could also try with MinGW-w64 built from http://winlibs.com/ (try the 32-bit version first) and follow the hello world instructions on that site.
I am very new to coding (trying to teach myself C). I have some experience with MatLab, but I understand it is very different from C. I have Windows 10 with the newest version of Visual Studio Code (VSC) with the Run Code Extension and git extension (not sure what git does, but VSC prompted me to install). I am now familiar with the text editor, but do not know how to compile/run my code (apologies if I'm butchering the terminology, again, a newby). One friend recommended I determine the location in which the desired text file is located, type "gcc filename.c", enter, type "./a.out", and then the program should run. (Said friend has a Mac and I supposed the execution commands are different?) Regardless, I encountered "Run Code" extension on my google adventures and follow the steps I've seen online, but I am still getting the error pictured.
I can see how this would be an especially basic question, but if anyone can offer assistance/advice, I would be extremely grateful!
Thanks, All.
Sandy
P.S. In case the image doesn't load/work for whatever reason, this is the error:
"'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file."
Works perfect in Visual Code. You need the following:
C/C++ extension in Visual Code.
msys64 installed in C:\
Add path to msys64 bin folder in environment variable
Instructions:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools
Important the msys64 path doesn't contain spaces so don't install it in Program Files.
You can search "Edit system environment variables" from the windows button, press button Environment Variables, and then add it as a System variable "Path". For me its located in
C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
Hey,,,
It will work for you I believe
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First: open the link: https://www.msys2.org/
Go to the installation and download the installer .. install the exe file.
search mingw in windows search(windows start)
there is an app named--> MSYS2 MinGW {64/32}-bit
run it as administrator
Found command shell ---> type: pacman -Syu
Will ask you for some installation click on Y
Then again go to the same app MSYS2 MinGW {64/32}-bit and run as admin
and write--> pacman -Ss gcc (in shell that opend after click)
after clicking there will be bunch of things and now you have to care about your windows arch.. if it is 64 bit then write---> pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc (and if its 32 you will find something like that where 64 will replaced by 32 in bunch of commands that are showing in your shell)
after executing this command gcc will be installed in your system to check write: gcc --version || g++ --version
After that to install the debugger write pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb
to check write: gdb --version
**Every thing got installed in your system now find the mingW file or mysys2 file on C drive(whereever you r mingW file got saved) go the the minGW 64 || 32 accroding to your operating system there is a bin folder click on that and copy the path inside the bin folder and save it in environment variables path **
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Enjoy vs code
My recommendation
You are on Windows right? So you can just install Visual Studio IDE (follow this tutorial). Which is better than vs code. This tutorial is for C++ but it works for C as well. Because C++ uses the same compiler as C but with some more things(simple explanation).
The solution for your problem
You are getting the massage 'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file because you do not have the gcc compiler installed on your computer. But if you want to install it, you can follow this tutorial. But I highly recommend you use Visual Studio IDE which I mentioned above.
Type gcc --version in the command prompt to check whether the C compiler is installed in your machine.
If it is installed then try adding gcc to the environment variables using this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLh84CmdBJ0
If it is not installed then install it using instructions using this link:
https://www.guru99.com/c-gcc-install.html
and then add it to the environment variables using the link above.
If it is installed and not recognized by VSCode then try to run VSCode from CMD by typing code in CMD.
I'm running MSYS under Windows and although it works I want to know if there is such a thing as a MSYS script file.
For example to compile a GTK program in C I need to type: gcc source.c -o executable.exe 'pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0' to compile. Is there a way to store this in a file and run the file from MSYS without having to type in the command each time (IE like .bat, .sh files)?
If you want to automate building an application, just use a build system. The Meson build system is what the GTK+ developers recommend now (and GStreamer, and many other projects). It's multiplatform, and available as a package in MSYS2 (I used it there, works like a charm). They have a simple Meson tutorial where they build a GTK application. That's 3 lines of code.