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This is a general introduction to compiling and running Java, C and C++ programs on redbrick. It is assumed that you already know how to write programs in any of these languages.
This is a general introduction to compiling and running Java, C and C++ programs on redbrick. It is assumed that you already know how to write programs in any of these languages.


Note: there is now a new C++ tutorial being constructed at the moment here: [[Cplusplus]].
Note: there is now a new [[Helpdesk]] C++ tutorial being constructed at the moment here at [[Cplusplus]].
 
==Programming Environments==
 
Pygmalion is the recommended programming environment on RedBrick, it has a large amount of programming tools available, and also has fast local disk space (available on request by mailing admins@redbrick).
 
To connect to pygmalion type:
 
  ssh username@pygmalion.redbrick.dcu.ie
 
on linux, or on windows with putty set your hostname to pygmalion.redbrick.dcu.ie and click open.


==GCC==
==GCC==
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==Compiling and Running Java Programs==
==Compiling and Running Java Programs==


In order to use Java, first login to Deathray, like so:
ssh deathray


The Java compiler on redbrick is called, unsurprisingly, javac. Compiling Java programs is a little more complex than compiling C programs as you need to have two environment variables set, JAVA_HOME and CLASSPATH. To see what these are set to, at the prompt type :
The Java compiler on redbrick is called, unsurprisingly, javac. Compiling Java programs is a little more complex than compiling C programs as you need to have two environment variables set, JAVA_HOME and CLASSPATH. To see what these are set to, at the prompt type :

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