How to compile C programming in Windows 7

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I am looking for free tools to compile C programs on Windows 7  I ve always compiled C code on Ubuntu using gcc in the past  So  how can I compile C code on Windows 7  Please teach me

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If you are familiar with gcc  as you indicated in the question  you can install MinGW  which will set a linux-like compile environment in Win7  Otherwise  Visual Studio 2010 Express is the best choice

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Microsoft Visual Studio Express  It s a full IDE  with powerful debugging tools  syntax highlighting  etc

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Get gcc for Windows   However  you will have to install MinGW as well   You can use Visual Studio 2010 express edition as well  Link here

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MinGW uses a fairly old version of GCC  3 4 5  I believe   and hasn t been updated in a while  If you re already comfortable with the GCC toolset and just looking to get your feet wet in Windows programming  this may be a good option for you  There are lots of great IDEs available that use this compiler   Edit  Apparently I was wrong  that s what I get for talking about something I know very little about  Tauran points out that there is a project that aims to provide the MinGW toolkit with the current version of GCC  You can download it from their website    However  I m not sure that I can recommend it for serious Windows development  If you re not a idealistic fanboy who can t stomach the notion of ever using Microsoft software  I highly recommend investigating Visual Studio  which comes bundled with Microsoft s C C   compiler  The Express version  which includes the same compiler as all the paid-for editions  is absolutely free for download  In addition to the compiler  Visual Studio also provides a world-class IDE that makes developing Windows-specific applications much easier  Yes  detractors will ramble on about the fact that it s not fully standards-compliant  but such is the world of writing Windows applications  They re never going to be truly portable once you include windows h  so most of the idealistic dedication just ends up being a waste of time

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You can get MinGW  as others have suggested  but I would recommend getting a simple IDE  not VS Express   You can try Dev C   http   www bloodshed net devcpp html Its a simple IDE for C C   and uses MinGW internally  In this you can write and compile single C files without creating a full-blown  project

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Compiling Programs on Windows 7   You have to download configured Borland Compiler from http   www 4shared com get Gs41 5yA borland for graphics html or http   dwij co in graphics-c-programming-for-windows-7-borland-compiler    Put your Borland   s    bin    folder into Environmental Variables  Now go inside folder    bin     amp  edit file bcc32 cfg as per your folder structure  This file contains settings of headers  amp  libraries   -I D  Borland include   -L D  Borland lib D  Borland Lib PSDK    Now create any C C   Program say myprogram cpp Use following command to compile this bunch of code   F   gt bcc32 myprogram cpp

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