Run GCC on Bash on Windows 10 with C# or C++

Question

I want to run gcc on bash with C# or C++ so I can make a little IDE for it. I tried to run gcc with cmd: bash gcc --version (--version is just a example) but it shows the error: /usr/bin/gcc: /usr/bin/gcc: Can't run the file

So i guess i need a specific command in C# or C++? Or can i somehow run gcc on bash directly?

Answer 1

You need to ensure you've got gcc installed in Bash before you can invoke it from Bash or from Windows.

An easy way to do this is to install build-essential pseudo-package which will bring in GCC/G++ and a host of other commonly required dev tools, libs, etc:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

Once you've done this, run gcc --version from within Bash to make sure it's reachable:

$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 5.4.0 20160609
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Now you should be able to invoke gcc from cmd/PowerShell/CreateProcess/Process.Create()/etc:

C:\> bash -c "gcc --version"
gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 5.4.0 20160609
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

HTH