Computing Concepts with C++ Essentials/Big C++

Compiler and Tool Help

Gnu g++ on Linux/Unix/Mac OS X

If you want to compile programs that use the Time/Employee classes or CCC graphics, then you need to download and unzip the programs for this book from http://horstmann.com/bigcpp.html#code . Unzip all files into a directory such as ~/cccbook. If you choose a different installation directory, modify these instructions accordingly.

Here are the instructions for compiling programs:

Programs that don't include the Time/Employee classes or CCC graphics:

g++ -o executable_name source_file
For example,
g++ -o hello hello.cpp

Programs that include the Time or Employee class:

Here are the direction for the Time class. To use the Employee class, simply replace ccc_time with ccc_empl.
Compile with the following command:
g++ -o executable_name -I ~/cccbook/cccfiles source_file ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_time.cpp
For example,
g++ -o time1 -I ~/cccbook/cccfiles time1.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_time.cpp
Alternatively, you can simply copy ccc_time.cpp and ccc_time.h from the ~/cccbook/cccfiles directory into the same directory as the program that uses them, and compile with a simpler command line. 
cp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_time.* .
g++ -o executable_name source_file ccc_time.cpp
For example,
g++ -o time1 time1.cpp ccc_time.cpp

Programs that use CCC graphics:

g++ -I ~/cccbook/cccfiles -o executable_name 
   source_file ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_x11.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_shap.cpp -L /usr/X11R6/lib -lX11

The command must be typed on a single line.

For example, 

g++ -I ~/cccbook/cccfiles -o phoenix
   phoenix.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_x11.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_shap.cpp -L /usr/X11R6/lib -lX11

Caution: With Mac OS X Mountain Lion, you need to add -I /opt/X11/include after g++.

Alternatively, you can copy ccc_win.h, ccc_x11.h, ccc_x11.cpp, ccc_shap.h, and ccc_shap.cpp from the ~/cccbook/cccfiles directory into the same directory as the program that uses them, and compile with a simpler command line. 

g++ -o executable_name source_file ccc_x11.cpp ccc_shap.cpp -L /usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
For example,
g++ -o phoenix phoenix.cpp ccc_x11.cpp ccc_shap.cpp -L /usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
For the "ASCII art" version of the graphics library, use 
g++ -D CCC_ASC -I ~/cccbook/cccfiles -o executable_name 
   source_file ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_asc.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_shap.cpp
For example, 
g++ -D CCC_ASC -I ~/cccbook/cccfiles -o phoenix
   phoenix.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_asc.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_shap.cpp
For the wxWidgets version of the graphics library, use
g++ -o executable_name -DCCC_WXW -I ~/cccbook/cccfiles `wx-config --cflags` 
   source_file ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_x11.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_shap.cpp `wx-config --libs`
For example, 
g++ -o phoenix -DCCC_WXW -I ~/cccbook/cccfiles `wx-config --cflags` 
   phoenix.cpp  ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_x11.cpp ~/cccbook/cccfiles/ccc_shap.cpp `wx-config --libs`

Compiling wxWidgets Programs

Note that the wxWindows library has changed the name to wxWidgets.

You first need to build the library. Download the file wxGTK-x.y.z.tar.bz2 (where x.y.z is the current version number) from http://www.wxwidgets.org/. Type the following commands in a shell window:

cd the directory into which you downloaded the file
tar xvf wxGTK-x.y.z.tar.bz2
cd wxGTK-x.y.z
./configure
make
sudo make install

Supply your root password when prompted.

(If you can't run sudo, instead execute su, provide the root password, and then make install.)

On Mac OS X, you use wxMac-x.y.z.tar.gz instead; the other instructions are the same.

Once you have built the library, compiling applications is fairly simple, thanks to the handy wx-config utility. Simply use

g++ -o executable_name `wx-config --cflags` source_file `wx-config --libs`
For example, 
g++ -o button `wx-config --cflags` button.cpp `wx-config --libs`