installing a gcc-gnu c compiler

[Jonathan Wakely]

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