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Miscellaneous => Programming & Networking => Topic started by: leoric1928 on 21 December 2002, 16:18

Title: Linux Programming
Post by: leoric1928 on 21 December 2002, 16:18

Good day,

   How can i learn linux programming? I don't mean any shell programming but the actual linux kernel program (the operating system).  Any url or good books or tutorial will be of great help. tnx

Title: Linux Programming
Post by: smokey on 21 December 2002, 16:56

Do you know C++ or C? If not search on Google (http://www.google.com) for C/C++ tutorials.

If you do - start with console programs.  These are similar to wind0s console apps - you use a Main() function.

This is a very simple C++ program

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To compile this - you need the compile tools that are on your distro's cd.

Save this example into a file and compile it with the command (in the console)

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This command will compile the C++ code file "first.cpp" into the program file named first. It will use the file format called "a.out" (by default)

To run this program just type

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As for GUI programs do a search on Google (http://www.google.com) and search for tutorials for this.

I hope this is of some use to you  (http://smile.gif)

Title: Linux Programming
Post by: Doogee on 21 December 2002, 16:56

isnt the linux kernel done in c or c++ ?

Title: Linux Programming
Post by: smokey on 21 December 2002, 16:58

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Originally posted by Got Doogee?:
isnt the linux kernel done in c or c++ ?

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yes it is done in C

Title: Linux Programming
Post by: leoric1928 on 21 December 2002, 17:17

Tnx for your reply. I already know C, but not C++. Is C++ required in linux programming? or I can deal with it using C? Hope anyone can suggest any good book about linux programming. tnx again

Title: Linux Programming
Post by: smokey on 21 December 2002, 17:22

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Originally posted by leoric1928:
Tnx for your reply. I already know C, but not C++. Is C++ required in linux programming? or I can deal with it using C? Hope anyone can suggest any good book about linux programming. tnx again

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No - C++ Knowledge is not required. As for books I dont know any by name but recall seeing some in some bookshops not a month ago - so your best bet would be to find a good bookshop and look in the computers & programming sections.

Title: Linux Programming
Post by: Kintaro on 21 December 2002, 17:35

http://www.kernelhacking.org/ (http://www.kernelhacking.org/)

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