For the course of NTU Programming Design, Spring 2014
If you want to compile a C++ program that includes self-defined header files on Mac or other Linux environment. We suggest you the following two ways to do that. One way is using g++ to compile and run programs in terminal (Recommended). Another way is using Xcode to new a project (i.e., a file with filename extension .xcodeproj).
Here, we provide two cpp files, and one header file to you for demonstrating how you can run it on Mac. Just the same as windows’ Dev-C++. Download example code that was mentioned in the class.
Using Commands in Terminal (Recommended)
In Figure 1, find terminal in the Spotlight results, and then click it to open a new Terminal windows (Figure 2).
Before starting, some basic knowledge you need to know is about unix-like system command-line commands. Here we list some useful commands.
First, we need to change directory cd path to the right one which your code is available under this folder. We assume that the codes are under the path
~/Downloads/project
And then we need to to switch our path to the destination path of project.
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Then we type the command below to list li what files are under the folder project.
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And, we can compile our C++ codes as below. The two cpp files will be linked together automatically (i.e., It links all the object files that are separated by a white space.). Here we will get one executable file (e.g., run). -o filename is an argument of output file name.
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Finally, execute ./program the program, and the results will be printed on the Terminal windows. The above steps are shown in Figure 3.
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Using Xcode
We use the Xcode in Mac which is almost the same as windows’ Dev-C++. In Figure 4, we create a new Xcode project, and then select the OSX > Application > Command Line Tool option (Figure 5).
In Figure 6, you need to name the product first, and keep the product type as C++ (of course). Then, we put all of the downloaded source codes in the project, but we need some tips to do that. Now, create two empty files manually (File > new > File), and those will be your cpp file and header file (Figure 7 and Figure 8).
Finally, we can execute your project, and we will get the results in the console window in the bottom of Xcode (Figure 9).
後記
第一次用英文打這種 Tutorial，因為當了 全英文授課的 PD 助教所以需要全英文的文件，希望一學期過後破爛的英文可以稍微有些長進ＱＱ 特別感謝 Lynn 從旁協助。