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This page was last updated on November 9, 2011.

Go to https://developer.apple.com/xcode/ and download and install Xcode n, where n is either 4 or 4.2 depending on which operating system you are using on your Mac.

Once you install it, you can compile and run a C++ program, e.g., hello.cpp from command line as follows:

  > g++ -g hello.cpp -o hello -lm                       // To compile

  > hello    or ./hello if ./ is not included in PATH   // To run