Basic c++ class. Need free compiler

http://gcc.gnu.org/

 

get xcode 3.x.x or whatever. It's free on the apple site

 

Or just install it from the install DVDs that came with the Mac. I agree the latest version of Xcode 3 would be the better choice.

 

Or just go to the terminal, cd to the directory, and type "g++ filename.cpp" without the quotes. The compiled file will be a.out in the working directory.

If you need help with any of that, google is a good resource.

cd is the change directory command. ~ represents your home directory, so if you wanted to go to the Dev folder in your Documents folder, you'd type "cd ~/Documents/Dev" and press enter (no quotes). If you ever want more, man opens the manual - "man cd" tells you about the cd command.

Other useful ones are ls to list the contents of a directory, pwd to print the working directory (tell you where you are, basically), and open to open a file in it's default editor (Probably TextEdit for cpp files, but I do most of my editing in vi).

Hope that's helpful!

 

g++ isn't installed by default. It's only installed with Xcode (Dev Tools), or if you take some other action to obtain it elsewhere. Same goes for gcc and a lot of other developer tools.