Alternative to Visual C++ for Ubuntu Linux?

[StarSonic7]

I just changed my OS from Windows to Ubuntu Linux and I used to program in Visual C++ but it isn't available of Ubuntu. Is there any alternative to Visual C++? Plz also tell me from where can I download it.

[DivineLight]

There's lots of IDEs for Linux, to name a few:

CodeBlocks
CodeLite
Sublime Text 3
kDevelop 4

or you could go with simply an editor and compile it manually, like Vim and GCC

[TwilightSpectre]

On Ubuntu, the easiest is simply to use GCC. gcc comes with Ubuntu, and you can very easily download g++ (the C++ port of the GCC) through the command (in the terminal) of sudo apt-get install g++. If you want an IDE (rather than just a compiler), Code::Blocks and Qt Creator are fairly popular, or Geany/Emacs/Vi if you prefer more light-weight IDE's.

[StarSonic7]

I installed g++. But it doesn't have visual programming like Visual C++.

[DivineLight]

That's becouse GCC is a compiler, which does nothing more than converting c++ code into an executable. for example, you could compile a file named main.cpp like this:

g++ main.cpp -o main

if you want a GUI, syntax highlighting, compiling, and all that built into one program - you want and IDE like any of the 4 I named, or Qt Creator, as NT3 mentioned.

[Stormboy]

To get a fairly good IDE, open Terminal and type:
sudo apt-get install codeblocks

You also need XTerm to debug/run codes from the compiler. Therefore after installing Code::Blocks, type (in Terminal):
sudo apt-get install xterm

Cheers!

[Jaybob66]

I like eclipse http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/
but you need a decent PC to run it smoothly

i'm a vs2010 dev and i reckon eclipse is better in some ways, it integrates tools much better and has built in revision control.

[StarSonic7]

I had eclipse but does it run on ubuntu linux?

[keskiverto]

It does on other distros, so should in ubuntu too.

[Jaybob66]

I ran it on ubuntu 12 and mint 13 so i presume it will run on all flavours, its a java app after all :)

[JLBorges]

> But it doesn't have visual programming like Visual C++.

Learn to use the toolchain. Knowing that is an essential requirement for every (non-amateur) C++ programmer.

On Linux, start with bash, g++, gdb, gmake and GNU binutils
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Binutils

Once you are comfortable with those, you may want to look at GNU autotools.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_build_system

AFAIK, the Java IDEs (NetBeans and Eclipse with the C++ plugins) are the only ones that would come anywhere near Visual Studio as a debugger front end.