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Luke Timmerman
Luke Timmerman

Reputation: 17

Why does my c++ compiler seem to be compiling in c

I am using geany (code::blocks wouldnt run my programs) as a compiler to compile a simple c++ program with one class. I am on Linux Mint 17 on a Dell Vostro 1500. Compiling works fine with both .cpp files, but the header file gives this error:

gcc -Wall "Morgan.h" (in directory: /home/luke/Documents/Coding/Intro#2)
Morgan.h:5:1: error: unknown type name ‘class’
class Morgan
^
Morgan.h:6:1: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token
{
^
Compilation failed.

This is the main.cpp :

#include <iostream>
#include "Morgan.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    Morgan morgObject;
    morgObject.sayStuff();

   return 0;
}

This is the Header file (Morgan.h):

#ifndef MORGAN_H
#define MORGAN_H


class Morgan
{
    public:
        Morgan();
        void sayStuff();
    protected:
    private:
};

#endif // MORGAN_H

And this is the class (Morgan.cpp):

#include <iostream>
#include "Morgan.h"
using namespace std;

Morgan::Morgan()
{
}

void Morgan::sayStuff(){
    cout << "Blah Blah Blah" << endl;
}

I really do not know what is going wrong, so any help would be appreciated. I copy and pasted the same code into a windows compiler and it worked fine, so it might just be the linux.

also when I run the main.cpp this is what shows: "./geany_run_script.sh: 5: ./geany_run_script.sh: ./main: not found"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 168

Answers (2)

Lilith Daemon
Lilith Daemon

Reputation: 1473

Your issue is that you are compiling C++ code with a C compiler (GCC). The command you are looking for is g++. The complete command that would compile your code is:

g++ -Wall -o run.me main.cpp Morgan.cpp

If a file is included (In your case the Morgan.h file, you do not need to explicitly compile it. )

Upvotes: 2

Michael Albers
Michael Albers

Reputation: 3779

You don't compile .h files. Try g++ -Wall main.cpp Morgan.cpp

Upvotes: 3

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