installing GCC? WTF?
Sorry if this is offtopic, until I get a new iBook, I want to install GCC on a PC. I have been to GCC's website, and I am completely confused as to what I need to do. I know I need the binaries, but there is not a single link to follow when I reach the files, what do I need to get? All of the files?
I was hoping i would be able to download a .zip and then run an installer that did the rest, it isn't this simple by a long way?
Any help much appreciated.
I was hoping i would be able to download a .zip and then run an installer that did the rest, it isn't this simple by a long way?
Any help much appreciated.
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Originally posted by MarcUK
Sorry if this is offtopic, until I get a new iBook, I want to install GCC on a PC. I have been to GCC's website, and I am completely confused as to what I need to do. I know I need the binaries, but there is not a single link to follow when I reach the files, what do I need to get? All of the files?
I was hoping i would be able to download a .zip and then run an installer that did the rest, it isn't this simple by a long way?
Any help much appreciated.
I take it you need it for windows? If so then you need cygwin which provides GNU C and GNU Make (Link is direct download for it) then use a frontend like the mercury project
Instead, I recommend installing MinGW so you can use the regular command prompt gcc, et al.
http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html