This is rather hands on, but gives you more fine grained control and understanding of what is going on.Ĭode::Blocks: More simple to use, but in my opinion more overbearing than kate.Īs previously mentioned Code:Blocks is a fully functional IDE available for Linux and Windows. You can also set up projects (this currently involves manually writing a project file) and get a terminal in as a panel in Kate. I really like Kate, a simple text editor, where you can customise its behaviour for each type of file. Kate: Awesome, but usage requires a bit of extra knowledge. This, as everyone points, out is a personal choice.

Now you have a compiler you need and IDE. The easiest way to install GCC plus the other essentials for building software is to install the build essential meta package: sudo apt-get install build-essential The first place to start for C/C++ is the the Gnu Compiler Collection (GCC).

When you say 'Please note that I am not asking how to compile I am asking where to and in which software to write code.' I understand the where to as also asking which compilers to use. All other answers so far just suggest and IDE.

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