"gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory" issue on Windows 7

"gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory" issue on Windows 7

[Vinh Nguyen]

Hi,

I'm using Windows 7 and Cygwin 2.819 64 bit.  I installed gcc
4.8.1.-3.  I get this error when trying to compile:

$ touch foo.cpp
$ gcc -c foo.cpp
gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory

I'm trying to compile a python package and received this message.  I
think it's a gcc issue as illustrated by the simple example above.  I
was able to compile the python package on windows xp.

Was wondering if anyone could help me resolve this issue.  Thanks.

-- Vinh

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Re: "gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory" issue on Windows 7

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 11:01:45AM -0700, Vinh Nguyen wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm using Windows 7 and Cygwin 2.819 64 bit.  I installed gcc
>4.8.1.-3.  I get this error when trying to compile:
>
>$ touch foo.cpp
>$ gcc -c foo.cpp
>gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory
>
>I'm trying to compile a python package and received this message.  I
>think it's a gcc issue as illustrated by the simple example above.  I
>was able to compile the python package on windows xp.
>
>Was wondering if anyone could help me resolve this issue.  Thanks.

Start here VVV:
>Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

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Re: "gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory" issue on Windows 7

[Vinh Nguyen]

I tried it again with "gcc -v foo.cpp" and found it was using a
cc1plus command, which I couldn't find in my PATH.  I installed all
cygwin packages beginning with gcc-* and was able to compile my python
package.  Consider this issue resolved.

-- Vinh

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