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Compile Run and Debug C Program in WSL

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Fabio Chen
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I use below softwares for C development in Windows 10.

  • VS Code
  • WSL 2 (Ubuntu)

Install development tool

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install gcc
sudo apt-get install build-essential gdb
sudo apt-get install make

or sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc g++ gdb make

Configure VS Code

In VS Code, press Ctrl+Shift+P, type C/C++ and select Edit Configurations (UI). Set Compiler path to /usr/bin/gcc and IntelliSense mode to gcc-x64. Open helloworld/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json, the file should look like this

{
 "configurations": [
     {
         "name": "Win32",
         "includePath": [
             "${workspaceFolder}/**"
         ],
         "defines": [
             "_DEBUG",
             "UNICODE",
             "_UNICODE"
         ],
         "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
         "cStandard": "c11",
         "cppStandard": "c++17",
         "intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64"
     }
 ],
 "version": 4
}

Setup tasks.json

Paste following codes in tasks.json

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "shell",
            "label": "build on WSL",
            "command": "gcc",
            "args": [
                "-g",
                "-o",
                "./${fileBasenameNoExtension}.out",
                "'${relativeFileDirname}/${fileBasename}'"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": ["$gcc"],
            "detail": "gcc build task"
        },
        {
            "label": "run on WSL",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "./${fileBasenameNoExtension}.out",
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ],
            "detail": "gcc run task"
        }
    ]
}

Setup launch.json

Paste following codes in launch.json

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
      {
        "name": "(gdb) Launch",
        "type": "cppdbg",
        "request": "launch",
        "program": "${workspaceFolder}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.out",
        "args": [],
        "stopAtEntry": true,
        "cwd": "${fileDirname}",
        "environment": [],
        "externalConsole": false,
        "MIMode": "gdb",
        "setupCommands": [
            {
                "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                "ignoreFailures": true
            },
            {
                "description": "Set Disassembly Flavor to Intel",
                "text": "-gdb-set disassembly-flavor intel",
                "ignoreFailures": true
            }
        ]
      },

      {
        "name": "C/C++: g++ build and debug active file",
        "type": "cppdbg",
        "request": "launch",
        "program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.out",
        "args": [],
        "stopAtEntry": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
        "environment": [],
        "externalConsole": false,
        "MIMode": "gdb",
        "miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb",
        "setupCommands": [
          {
            "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
            "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
            "ignoreFailures": true
          }
        ],
        //"preLaunchTask": "C/C++: g++ build active file"
        "preLaunchTask": "build on WSL"
      },

    ]
}

Build Your Code

Press ctrl+shift+b

Debug Your Code

Press F5

Build and Run Your Code

Press Ctrl + F5 => **NOT WORK((

Reference

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