Elle, g++ is the C++ compiler. In your case, it's installed on your system. Thanks, Partha On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Elle Stone <ellestone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/08/2018 09:58 AM, Partha Bagchi wrote: > >> It says g++ not found. What happens when you >> type g++ in your GIMP shell environment? >> > > Hi Partha - thanks! that was interesting. I didn't have a clue what "g++" > might be, but here's what happened when I typed it into a terminal: > > $ g++ > g++: fatal error: no input files > compilation terminated. > > Which seemed mysterious. So I asked Gentoo to tell me which package this > "g++" thing was part of: > > $ equery belongs g++ > * Searching for g++ ... > sys-devel/gcc-6.4.0-r1 (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/6.4.0/g++ -> > x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++) > > I always thought of "gcc" as the "gnu c compiler". But apparently that's > no longer the case, instead "gcc" now stands for "gnu compiler collection", > which includes c++: > > https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.0.2/gcc/G_002b_002b-and-GCC.html > > Best, > Elle > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman > /listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
