Installation & Set-up of Dev C++

Installation & Set-up of Dev C++ – C Tutorial #2

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How to install C in your PC ( Installing and setting up programming environment )

There are many compilers available for c and c++. You need to download any one. Here, we are going to use Dev-C++. It will work for both C and C++. To Download Dev C++ software, you need to follow following steps.

Step 1) First you must Download Dev C++ on your Windows machine. Visit to Download Dev C++: http://www.bloodshed.net/

Step 2) There are packages for different Operating Systems to Download Dev C++.

Step 3) Under package Dev-C++ 5.0 (4.9.9.2) with Mingw/GCC 3.4.2 compiler and GDB 5.2.1 debugger (9.0 MB) Click on the link “Download from SourceForge”.

Step 4) This package will Download Dev C++ .exe file for Windows that can be used to install on Windows 7/8/XP/Vista/10.

Step 5) You will direct to SourceForge website, and your C++ download will start automatically.

  • Click on save button to save. By default, it is saved in “Downloads” folder.
  • After the download completes, go to the saved .exe file and click on it to Run.
  • The installer will ask you a language to select. Select “English” and click on “OK”.
  • Then screen for license agreement will appear. Click on “I agree” to proceed further.

Step 6) In this step,

  1. You can see different components of Dev C++ that will be installed with this package.
  2. Just click on “next” button.

Step 7) In this step,

  1. By default, the destination folder is in C drive. You are free to change this destination folder but make sure you have enough memory.
  2. Click on “Install” button.

In the next screen, installation begins

Now, Dev C++ is installed successfully on your Windows. Select ” Run Dev C++” to run it and click on ” Finish” button.

Download Dev C++

You can download Dev c++ from official site. download Dev c++

Features Of Dev-C++ IDE

Here are some important features of Dev-C++ IDE:

  • Extremely lightweight and portable C/C++ IDE for Windows systems
  • Supports GCC-based compilers (Mingw, Cygwin, …)
  • Quickly create Windows GUI and console apps, static libraries and DLLs
  • Integrated Debugger
  • Class Browser
  • Code Completion
  • Function listing
  • Profiling support
  • Available in 30+ languages
  • Customizable code editor
  • Project Manager
  • Templates for creating your own project types
  • Makefile generation
  • Edit and compile Resource files
  • Tools Manager
  • Find and replace facilities
  • CVS support
  • And many more …

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