Description
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on how to install C/C++ compilers on Linux and Windows platforms in a timely and efficient way. Installing C/C++ compilers, especially Microsoft compilers, typically takes quite a lot of time because it comes with Microsoft Visual Studio for the vast majority of users. Installing Visual Studio requires usually about 40 GB of disk space and a large amount of RAM, so it is impossible to use weak hardware. The authors provide an easy way to deploy Microsoft C/C++ compiler: with no disk space headache and hardware resources lack. The method described saves significant time since software can even be deployed on removable devices, such as flash sticks, in an easy and portable way. It is achieved by using Enterprise Windows Driver Kit (EWDK), single big ISO image, which can be mounted as virtual device and used directly without any installation. EWDK contains everything from Visual Studio except IDE. EWDK also allows to use MASM64 (Microsoft Macro-Assembly) and C# compilers
Table of ContentsPart I. Operating Systems and Platforms
Introduction
Chapter 1. Files and Devices
Chapter Goal: General Information on Files and Devices
File types and formats
Executable and batch files
System commands
Mounting Devices
Virtual Devices
Chapter 2. Software Installation
Chapter Goal: Description of Software Installation Ways
Installation packages (msi)
Installing with archives
Installing from sources
Portable Installation
Overview of Installation Methods
Best Software Installation Practices for Windows systems
Chapter 3. Programming Languages and Software
Chapter Goal: Overview of Programming Languages
Programming Languages
C/C++
Fortran
Assembly
Part II. Programming Environments
Chapter 4. General Build Information
Chapter Goal: Description of Software Building on Various Platforms with Various Compilers
Unix systems
GNU Autotools (GNU Build System)
Windows systems
nmake Utility
Visual Studio .vcxproj and .sln files
MSBuild Build System
Cygwin
Cross-platform topics
Chapter 5. Some Useful Open Source Utilities
Chapter Goal: Overview of Handy Tools
Far Manager
Default Installation
Easy Installation
Usage
7z
Default Installation
Easy Installation
Usage
Notepad++
Default Installation
Easy Installation
Usage
lessmsi
Easy Installation
Usage
WinCDEmu
Easy Installation
Usage
Chapter 6. Command-Line Interface
Chapter Goal: Description of Important Shell Environment
Command Interpreter
Environment Variables
Access management
Chapter 7. Integrated Development Environments and Editors
Chapter Goal: Various Visual Development Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio
Qt Creator
Code::Blocks
Geany
Kate
Chapter 8. Minimal Systems
Chapter Goal: Overview of Handy Build Subsystems
MSYS
Easy Installation
Some Tips
MSYS2
Default Installation
Easy Installation
CMake
Default Installation
Easy Installation
Chapter 9. Compilers
Chapter Goal: Various Ways of Compilers Installations
GCC/MinGW
Default Installation
Building from the sources
Easy Installation
Microsoft C/C++
Default Installation
Easy Installation (without Visual Studio) with EWDK
Intel C/C++
Part III. Building and Using Libraries (A. B. Ospanova, co-author)
Chapter 10. Libraries
Chapter Goal: Libraries, How to Treat Them
Dynamic and Static Libraries
Building Libraries
Creating User Libraries
Chapter 11. Using Libraries
Chapter Goal: Overview of Using Libraries
Linking with Static Libraries
Linking with Dynamic Libraries
Using Libraries from Source Code
Chapter 12. GMP (GNU Multiprecision Library)
Chapter Goal: Using GMP Library
Building
Example: Computation of 10 000 000!
Chapter 13. Crypto++
Chapter Goal: Using Crypto++ Library
Building with MinGW
Building with Microsoft C/C++ Compiler
Example: AES Implementation
Chapter 14. Process Hacker
Chapter Goal: Using Process Hacker Utility
Building with Microsoft C/C++ Compiler
Building Driver
Building Utility
