

On first run CodeBlocks requires few things to gear up. The installation wizard will guide you throughout the installation processes.

The download size is about 80MB, which hardly takes 1-2 minutes on good internet connection.Īfter downloading, run the installer. Note: You must download the CodeBlocks with MinGW setup executable file. MinGW C compiler is a windows variant of GCC C compiler.ĭownload the latest build of CodeBlocks with C compiler from its official website. For Windows it comes with MinGW C compiler suite. In this entire series of C tutorial, I will work with GCC C compiler.ĬodeBlocks is available in two variant – with and without compiler. There are many C compilers available such as GCC C, Borland Turbo C, Visual C, Quick C etc. Read more about – Compiler and why we need it? In this post, I will discuss about C compiler and steps to setup C compiler along with CodeBlocks in your machine.Ĭompiler is a program that checks source code file for syntactical errors and translates the source file to low-level machine code, if it is error free.

A C compiler (Optionally CodeBlocks IDE).A text editor (such as Notepad, Notepad++, Gedit, TextEdit, Sublime etc.).To create and execute a C program you require minimum two software’s. Before we begin to learn about C programs, you must configure your computer with C compiler. You will create, edit, compile and execute many C programs. In this entire series of C programming tutorial.
