gfortran 7 compiler

[J.W. Jagersma]

On 2018-03-16 03:06, sisyphus1@optusnet.com.au wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Ovais Khan
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:36 PM
> To: Jonathan Wakely
> Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: gfortran 7 compiler
> 
>> Yes, I did tried that link but I did not get the gfortran compiler for
>> windows, as I was getting earlier, e.g. in 2012 I have downloaded
>> gfortran windows compiler very easily, but now I couldn't find any.
>> Also, I checked the other link but couldn't find the gfortran compiler
>> for windows.
> 
> I get the mingw-w64 compilers from the list at:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/7.2.0/
> 
> 
> These compilers include gfortran.
> 
> I've not tried the installer that's on offer there, but under the
> "MinGW-W64 GCC-7.2.0" heading, you'll see 4 64-bit compilers (x86_64)
> offering a choice of posix/win32 threads x a choice of sjlj/seh
> exception handling, and 4 32-bit compilers (i686) offering achoice of
> posix/win32 threads x a choice of sjlj/dwarf exception handling.
> The ones with posix threads and without sjlj exception handling are, I
> believe, the most popular.
> 
> I have:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/7.2.0/threads-posix/seh/x86_64-7.2.0-release-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev0.7z
> 
> and
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/7.2.0/threads-posix/dwarf/i686-7.2.0-release-posix-dwarf-rt_v5-rev0.7z
> 
> 
> both of which are fine.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rob
> 
> 

Look up MSYS2. After installing that, getting a fortran compiler is as
easy as:

pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc-fortran