How to install compiler package on Fedora 26?

Question

Installed Fedora 26 on recommendation of a Scribus developer. Installed about 30 packages per his advice.

But when I try to compile a program the machine can't find C++. So what is the package I need to install to compile C++ programs?.

Another question. On Slackware (yes I am one of those) I can use kdm to get to a window function ( I preferXFCE). How do I set up a window manager in Fedora and how do I access it?

Answer 1

gcc-c++ is the package containing the c++ compiler. You may also want other accompanying tools. For that, you can install the c-development package group with:

 sudo dnf groupinstall c-development

If you're searching for a command, you can often find it using the 'dnf provides' command:

 $ sudo dnf provides c++
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 gcc-c++-7.3.1-2.fc26.x86_64 : C++ support for GCC
 Repo : @System
 Matched from:
 Filename : /usr/bin/c++

 gcc-c++-7.3.1-2.fc26.x86_64 : C++ support for GCC
 Repo : updates
 Matched from:
 Filename : /usr/bin/c++

 gcc-c++-7.1.1-3.fc26.i686 : C++ support for GCC
 Repo : fedora
 Matched from:
 Filename : /usr/bin/c++

 gcc-c++-7.1.1-3.fc26.x86_64 : C++ support for GCC
 Repo : fedora
 Matched from:
 Filename : /usr/bin/c++

The 'dnf search' command is also handy.