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Re: installing a gcc-gnu c compiler

From: Tim Prince <n8tm at aol dot com>
To: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:57:59 -0500
Subject: Re: installing a gcc-gnu c compiler
References: <4F5276E8.6050005@wisc.edu> <CAH6eHdTN1m1JWBbp=ze84-RQf5eOAaU=s9rcoSz9v_KXFb5Wqg@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-to: tprince at computer dot org

On 3/3/2012 3:10 PM, Jonathan Wakely wrote:

On 3 March 2012 19:54, Philip "Pete" Cohen wrote:
I am overwhelmed by the documentation. I want to install a C, C++ compiler
system.  I have downloaded and upacked the file below.
gcc-4.6.3.tar.bz2
That's the source code for the compiler, so you need to build it yourself.

My environment is Microsoft windows seven
Try installing MinGW instead, it includes GCC.

http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started

As the gcc site http://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html tells you, the cygwin project is an excellent way to get pre-built gcc (including the 32- and 64-bit mingw versions, which cygwin calls cross compilers).

--
Tim Prince

References:
- installing a gcc-gnu c compiler
  - From: Philip \"Pete\" Cohen
- Re: installing a gcc-gnu c compiler
  - From: Jonathan Wakely

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