On 5/3/2010 8:38 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> >>>>> Are you trying to ask for a recommendation for a programmers editor? >>>> Thank you for your reply. Actually, I do not just need an C code editor >>>> but I am seeking if a complete software package like c++/visual c on >>>> Windows does exist for CentOS that enables for editing, debugging, >>>> running, online >>>> help for all of the commands, etc. Can you please let me know if such a >>>> complete package if available? >>> >>> What you are looking for is called an IDE (Integrated Development >>> Environment). I believe that such a thing exists for the UNIX/Linux >>> world, but I have had no experience with such tools under UNIX (few >>> UNIX programmers bother with something like that). >> >> That's probably not true any more, especially for languages like java that >> like to put each class in its own file. In fact, if there is any chance >> that you'llever program in java, I would just start with eclipse since it >> will also handle >> C and some other languages nicely. "yum install eclipse-platform". > > Assuming your system can handle the what, 1G+ IDE, and do so with > reasonable speed.... Yes, you'd probably want at least a pentium-3 and a reasonable amount of RAM - and with any GUI tool, a decent video card, although with freenx or remote X, that part can be elsewhere. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com