From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16736 invoked by alias); 5 Oct 2005 20:03:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 16653 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Oct 2005 20:03:09 -0000 Received: from bay13-f21.bay13.hotmail.com (HELO hotmail.com) (64.4.31.21) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:03:09 +0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:03:07 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 67.176.148.41 by by13fd.bay13.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:03:07 GMT X-Sender: hillcino368@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <49a1a6e90510050817m1cd2b0c4nf086e0ebabe4182d@mail.gmail.com> From: "cino hilliard" To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Bcc: Subject: RE: Installing gcc,g++ for windows xp Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:03:00 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-SW-Source: 2005-10/txt/msg00028.txt.bz2 Hi, Several months ago I was able to download and install gcc,g++ and cygwin and use the c++ compiler for various c programs. This was working fine for a long time. Then trying to solve another problem with Pari I blew the gcc compiler. Trying to fix this I ended up deleting what I had figuring that I could download it again. Here is what I had in folder gcc. Somehow I am unable to find where to download this from again. Several sources point to cygwin and mingw. Well After hours and hours of searching I solved it. To install gcc-g++ binaries on a windows xp can be a makor chore if you try to find out how by browsing the net. By luck after many hours of searching, I stumbled on the mingw 5.0 executable http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-5.0.0.exe?download Download this installer. This allows quick installation on your system and you don't have to fiddle with the environment variables. It is mind boggling why this is not in a topic or in the FAQ of the many gcc pages out there. I suggest that someone post this in the pages with the link with key words installing gcc,g++,for windows etc. This will save bandwidth considerably as I downloaded many many files before I stumbled on the answer. If Ii missed it and it IS out there, please forgive me. Cino