UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello
I have never used linux before and I am a bit confused as to what I am doing. I have been asked to port over some of our in house sdk to linux. Currently I am using .Net and c++.
I have installed Fedora 10 on my computer and got that up and running nicely. I also installed eclipse for my dev environment, however it seems that I do not know what I am doing because nothing will compile even though I have the CDT c++ package installed with eclipse. I read that I do not have a compiler on my computer from some forums, however I thought by installing these extra c/c++ packages that included the compiler. I read that I need MinGW, but after downloading MinGW I just sit there waiting for it to be installed and not much seems to happen.... I enjoy my windows and Mac world.. I am not use to using a terminal, I know it is how it has to be done, but I just need some guidance in which direction to go to make this as easy as possible
Thank You
Greg

From console, try this:

Code:

gcc --version

If that produces output, you have gcc. If not, you must install it, and probably g++ too.

My advice on development environments in UNIX is this. At present they've cost me more time than they've saved me, especially when makefiles are so easy. Perhaps a steeper learning curve than an IDE, but it's stuff you should ultimately know to program on UNIX.