Compiling and running C programs in Windows

[Fierce Headmaster]

I have an exam tomorrow on basic C programming, some exercises to practice on and I just can't get any program to work. I do not want to put Linux on my desktop to do it (nor I have the time now), and the programs labeled for Windows aren't working for some reason.

For the record, I tried Geany, Eclipse and DevC++. Did I miss something crucial to install? Never tried programming on Windows.

 

[Zerilius]

Did you install a C compiler.

If not then get one or download the IDE with integrated compiler.

 

[mr.master]

Ah yes. We did C++ programming at school and used Ubuntu for that. But when we got homework, doing with windows was just a pain. Getting a 1500+ liner code work in windows which was written in ubuntu wasn't fun. Don't remember If I even bothered at the time. So, you have done a few programs but they wont just compile? Also, if you can't be bothered to install example, ubuntu, download the live cd version, put into onto a cd/dvd and boot it up from there. No installation required what so ever.

 

[MadocComadrin]

MinGW has always worked very well for me, either as a command-line compiler or alongside Code::Blocks.