Then, you can run the program with the command ./hello, which will print out Hello World! in your terminal. And that’s all there is to compiling C++ programs in Linux.

If nano is your Linux editor of choice, and you want to make it a bit more flexible, Jack Wallen is ready to help you with the built-in Execute tool.

Linux users who want to run Windows applications without switching operating systems have been able to do so for years with Wine, software that lets apps designed for Windows run on Unix-like systems.