installing a gcc-gnu c compiler

[Tim Prince]

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