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Re: Lamer questions re PC install of gcc, gcc FAQ
- From: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>
- To: Ken Nelson <ken dot nelson at maclaren dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:15:49 -0400
- Subject: Re: Lamer questions re PC install of gcc, gcc FAQ
- References: <000001c25f5c$7e019ca0$bc12fc0a@knelson>
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 05:43:57PM -0400, Ken Nelson wrote:
> At this point it looks like I'm expected to snag the whole 200 MB+
> Cygnus package and then cherry-pick the gcc out of it...? Tried this,
> and a lot of the include files (math.h, stdlib.h, and others) didn't get
> installed. I may have a corrupt download.
Possibly you're working with an older version of the Cygwin installer?
The one I got from cygwin.com last week lets me click on a few packages
and be done with it. Off the top of my head, you'll need the gcc package,
and the binutils package.
> 2) Why isn't this (installing just gcc on a windows box) better
> explained in the FAQ? I'd be surprised if no-one else has had this
> problem.
Which FAQ? The main GCC FAQ doesn't give a lot of space to Windows
installations, because a) it's such a freaking idiosyncratic platform,
doing so would take more space than the notes for all the other *nix
platforms combined, and b) the Cygwin FAQ covers it much better.
Note that gcc@gcc.gnu.org is intended for development /of/ GCC, not
development /with/ GCC. Since you're installing a precompiled version, the
best place to go with questions is the Cygwin mailing list on cygwin.com.
(They have both a FAQ and a searchable list archive.)
Phil
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