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Practice C_programming

Instruction to install
Visual Studio Code and MinGW software

Dr. Tong Si Son/Hoang Duc Thuong

Space and Applications Department

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Step 1: Install Visual Studio Code (For both Windows and IOS)
Visual Studio Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern
https://code.visualstudio.com/

Step 2: Install MinGW (For Windows only)

 Mingw-w64 is an advancement of the original mingw.org project, created to support the GCC
compiler
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/
Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/installer/mingw-w64-install.exe/download

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Step 1: Install Visual Studio Code (For both Windows and IOS)
Visual Studio Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern
https://code.visualstudio.com/

Run as default by
Next->> Next ….

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Step 2: Install MinGW (For Windows only)
 
Mingw-w64 is an advancement of the original mingw.org project, created to support the GCC
compiler
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/
Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/installer/mingw-w64-install.exe/download

Run: MinGW setup Next: (Destination folder : default)

Remember
this path

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2.1 Copy the Path of installed MinGW to the Environment variables of Windows

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Note: If cannot run the Installation of MinGW, please download a MinGW version in “https://winlibs.com/#download-
release” then extract the zip file, copy the extracted folder to C driver (ex. C:\mingw64), continue the next steps

2.1 Paste the Path of installed MinGW to the Environment variables of 3/Click to
Windows Advanced

2/ Click to
Advanced
System Setting

1/ Click to
Properties of 4/Environment
This compute 6
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2.1 Paste the Path of installed MinGW to the Environment variables of Windows
7/Click to
New

6/ Click to Edit

8/ Paste the
9/OK to finish
copied “Path”
5/ Click to of MinGW64
“Path” line

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2.2 Test if the GCC is running 3/Type gcc --version
2/ Open cmd.exe

4/OK! Done! If it
appears this line

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1/ Find cmd.exe
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Configuration Visual
Studio Code (VSC).
Let’s open Visual Studio Code 

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2/ Search and
Step 3: Visual Studio Code Extensions install:
C/C++

1/ click on the
extension

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Practice C_programming 3/ Search and

install:
Code Runner

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If you want the result on

the terminal of visual
studio code.

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2/ Click
here on
Setting

1/ Click here
on the visual
studio code

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1/ Click on
extensions

2/ Click on
Run code
configuration

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3/ Scroll down
and check on:
Run in terminal

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2/ On the 1/ When you

3/ You see the run a script
output terminal

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Configuration on Mac OS

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• Check whether gcc is ready: $gcc --version

• If not, then install: $brew install gcc or $pip install gcc
• If not, you have to install Xcode first: https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?q=
Xcode

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Configuration on Mac OS

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Configuration on Mac OS

1/
Search: C/C++

when you see:

Edit configurations (JSON) 20
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Modify file: c_cpp_properties.json

Note that this file is belong to vscode

Open c_cpp_properties.json

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{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Mac",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**"
],
"defines": [],
"macFrameworkPath": [
"/System/Library/Frameworks",
"/Library/Frameworks"
],
"compilerPath": "/usr/bin/clang",
"cStandard": "c11",
"cppStandard": "c++98",
"intelliSenseMode": "macos-clang-x64"
}
],
"version": 4
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If everything is too complicated.

You can use “online C compliers”
to follow the practical tutorials.

Example:
https://www.programiz.com/c-programming/online-com
piler/
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