First time compile problems

[Eoin]

Hello all, I'm new here. I'm pretty much new to Linux in general as well, but I've done alot of programming in my time.

I've installed the Linux Compiler onto a Slackware 8.0 distro, but when I try and compile the simple Hello World as suggested I get a load of errors relating various files.

The first error is in reference to line 9 of include/exception: error: identifer "class" is undefined.

There are various other erros refering to expected ")" and ";".

I'm at a complete loss, does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[cp_jain]

Hello eoinoc,
Please give more info, at least the command you have used
to compile this test.

Here are my comments -
I think the file extension is ".c" or you are
using a C compiler (for eg. icc/gcc). Try using a C++
compiler (icpc/g++) or change the file extension to
".cpp".

I hope this will help.

Regards,
CP

[Eoin]

I just followed the Getting started guide.

#include
int main() {
std::cout << ?Hello World !? << std::endl;
return 0; }

Compile hello.C :
icc hello.C ?o hello

Could the problem lie somewhere in my setup. To install the rpm I used slackware rpm2tgz and installed it that way. The rpm failed due to missing dependences.

Most likely the problem lies there somewhere, but since slackware isn't an rpm based distro I imagine it actually has alot of the dependences just that the installer can't tell.

Is there anyway to find what I may actually be missing. Or has anyone else here installed it on slackware before who did things differently.

[cp_jain]

Please try this - rename hello.C to hello.cpp and compile
it again.

Sorry to say, But I have no idea about installation of
Intel compiler on slackware.

CP

[sunanda-unni7]

The problem lies in the quotes being used in this code for "Hello World !" string. If we copy it straight away from the Getting Started guide to the vi/emacs editor we see different quotes from the one used in a C/C++ program.

Just rewrite the quotes in vi/emacs editor after copying the program.

[Eoin]

Hello again, sorry it took a while to get back to ye. Thanks to everyone who helped solve the problem.

Ultimatly renameing the file to hello.cpp worked.

Thanks again.