Error while compiling c program using gcc <filename.c> thru the CLI

Question

Whenever I try to compile a c program thru CLI using gcc , I get the error: "gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory". I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. Also, "sudo apt-get install gcc" says it's already there.

Answer 1

Gcc tries to call the C++ compilier. Do you have the C++ compiler g++ already installed?

sudo apt-get install g++