Snow Leopard terminal command problem

Whitewings · Whitewings #1 (**permalink**)

11-06-2009, 12:28 PM

I'm working my way through a book on C programming fro the Mac, and right now, I'm trying to compile a simple program. The command in the book is

cc -o slasher main.c

but the terminal says

-bash: cc: command not found

I also tried gcc, with the same result. What's the correct command to compile a program from the CLI? The book hasn't yet been updated for OS 10.6

nabl · nabl #2 (**permalink**)

11-06-2009, 01:47 PM

You need to install the developer tools. You can do so either from your OS X Install Disc or from Apple's Web site.

Whitewings · Whitewings #3 (**permalink**)

11-06-2009, 03:14 PM

I thought I already had them. I was right, and wrong; I had Xcode, but not the UNIX developer's tools. I installed the extras and the commands worked.

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Whitewings #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 06, 2009 Posts: 3	11-06-2009, 12:28 PM I'm working my way through a book on C programming fro the Mac, and right now, I'm trying to compile a simple program. The command in the book is cc -o slasher main.c but the terminal says -bash: cc: command not found I also tried gcc, with the same result. What's the correct command to compile a program from the CLI? The book hasn't yet been updated for OS 10.6
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nabl #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 13, 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 256 Mac Specs: 2.1GHz MacBook with 4GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.6, iLife and iWork ‘09	11-06-2009, 01:47 PM You need to install the developer tools. You can do so either from your OS X Install Disc or from Apple's Web site.
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