How can I configure gcc in vscode?

1 year ago
Sophia Anderson
2 minutes

To configure GCC in VSCode, follow these steps:

  1. Ensure that the GCC compiler is installed. You can check if GCC is already installed by running the command “gcc –version” in the terminal. If it is not installed, please install GCC first.
  2. Install the C/C++ plugin. Open the extensions panel in VSCode, search for and install the “ms-vscode.cpptools” plugin. After installation is complete, restart VSCode.
  3. Open a C/C++ folder or project in VSCode.
  4. Choose “File” in the menu bar of VSCode, then select “Preferences” and “Settings” to open the settings interface.
  5. Search for “cpp” in the settings menu and locate the option “C/C++: Edit Configurations”.
  6. Click on the “C/C++: Edit Configurations” option to edit the configuration in the “settings.json” file.
  7. In the “settings.json” file, locate the “configurations” array and add the following configuration to the array:
{
    "name": "gcc",
    "compilerPath": "gcc",
    "cStandard": "c11",
    "cppStandard": "c++17",
    "intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64"
}

In the mentioned configuration, the “compilerPath” specifies the path to the GCC compiler. If GCC is installed correctly and in the system’s environment variables, it can be set to “gcc”, otherwise, the full path needs to be specified.

  1. Save the “settings.json” file.
  2. Open a C/C++ file in VSCode and try to compile and run it. You can use the shortcut key “Ctrl + Shift + B” to compile the code.

After completing the above steps, VSCode will utilize GCC as the compiler for C/C++.

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