How to install gcc on windows.

How to install gcc on windows.

[Gregory W. Ernest]

I need help installing gcc 4.0.0 on windows. I have downloaded and
succesfully unzipped the tar file. I posted a message on the gcc-help
newsgroup and I got a very vague response from someone. I am running windows
xp service pack 2, and I wanted to learn to program in my spar time. I was
told that the gnu compiler was the best and not only that free. However, I
just can't figure out how to install it. Can someone send me step by step
instructions on how to install gcc 4.0.0 on windows. It is safe to assume
that I know absolutely no UNIX or LINUX commands and don't know how to use
them. I don't mean to be a pain but, the more detailed the instructions the
better.

Thank in advance,

Gregory

Re: How to install gcc on windows.

[jlh]

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Gregory W. Ernest wrote:
> I need help installing gcc 4.0.0 on windows. I have downloaded and
> succesfully unzipped the tar file.

You might have got the source of gcc, which is not what you want,
especially not if you don't already have a compiler.

> I posted a message on the gcc-help
> newsgroup and I got a very vague response from someone. I am running windows
> xp service pack 2, and I wanted to learn to program in my spar time. I was
> told that the gnu compiler was the best and not only that free. However, I
> just can't figure out how to install it. Can someone send me step by step
> instructions on how to install gcc 4.0.0 on windows. It is safe to assume
> that I know absolutely no UNIX or LINUX commands and don't know how to use
> them. I don't mean to be a pain but, the more detailed the instructions the
> better.

Given your situation, I'd suggest you to have a look at Dev-C++, which
is "a full-featured Integrated Development Environment for C/C++" for
windows.  It comes with gcc and all other necessary tools for getting
you started.  (It's not version 4.0.0 of gcc, but that's just fine).
See http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

jlh

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Re: How to install gcc on windows.

[Eljay Love-Jensen]

Hi Gregory,

Which GNU GCC 4.0 distribution for Windows are you using?

The one from Cygwin (www.cygwin.com) or MinGW (www.mingw.org)?

--Eljay

Re: How to install gcc on windows.

[corey taylor]

Is there a Mingw 4.0 port yet?

corey

On 5/14/05, Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay@adobe.com> wrote:
> Hi Gregory,
> 
> Which GNU GCC 4.0 distribution for Windows are you using?
> 
> The one from Cygwin (www.cygwin.com) or MinGW (www.mingw.org)?
> 
> --Eljay
> 
>

Re: How to install gcc on windows.

[David Gressett]

At 07:16 PM 5/14/2005, corey taylor wrote:
>Is there a Mingw 4.0 port yet?
>
>corey

No, and it may be a while before there is one. The MinGW version of gcc 
patches the original GNU version in many places; the most recent MinGW 
version is 3.4.2; Only a few of these patches have made it into GNU gcc 
4.0.0, and some will have to be done differently or not at all due to 
changes between 3.4 and 4. The GNU gcc web site contains one report of a 
successful build of unpatched gcc 4.0.0 in a MinGW environment; the person 
reporting built only c and c++, none of the other languages,and could not 
do detailed testing, as he didn't have MinGW ports of the necessary 
software tools needed to do the testing.

I have found that Ada will not build, even with the 3.4.2 patches applied 
to the Ada part of the gcc source code. I haven't tried any of the other 
languages yet.

It's very unlikely that you will get MinGW gcc 4.0.x until all of the 
languages work ok.  The MinGW environment is not a "must-have" item for the 
gcc development team, so it gets left to the Cygwin and MingW folks to make 
it work on Windows. They don't have infinite free time to work on compiler 
releases. There is no guarantee that the x in MinGW 4.0.x will be 0. I will 
be surprised if it is less than 2. 

Re: How to install gcc on windows.

[corey taylor]

I think 4.0.2 is more than reasonable.  The last time I looked
at/worked with the Mingw port mods (for a GC build), they were very
extensive and 4.0 is just released!

Dev-C++ works great with 3.4, and I've compiled extensive libraries
with it successfully.

corey

On 5/16/05, David Gressett <res1nntf@verizon.net> wrote:
> At 07:16 PM 5/14/2005, corey taylor wrote:
> >Is there a Mingw 4.0 port yet?
> >
> >corey
> 
> No, and it may be a while before there is one. The MinGW version of gcc
> patches the original GNU version in many places; the most recent MinGW
> version is 3.4.2; Only a few of these patches have made it into GNU gcc
> 4.0.0, and some will have to be done differently or not at all due to
> changes between 3.4 and 4. The GNU gcc web site contains one report of a
> successful build of unpatched gcc 4.0.0 in a MinGW environment; the person
> reporting built only c and c++, none of the other languages,and could not
> do detailed testing, as he didn't have MinGW ports of the necessary
> software tools needed to do the testing.
> 
> I have found that Ada will not build, even with the 3.4.2 patches applied
> to the Ada part of the gcc source code. I haven't tried any of the other
> languages yet.
> 
> It's very unlikely that you will get MinGW gcc 4.0.x until all of the
> languages work ok.  The MinGW environment is not a "must-have" item for the
> gcc development team, so it gets left to the Cygwin and MingW folks to make
> it work on Windows. They don't have infinite free time to work on compiler
> releases. There is no guarantee that the x in MinGW 4.0.x will be 0. I will
> be surprised if it is less than 2.
> 
>