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    mingw help

    Can anyone help me set up mingw to get it working? i installed the package from http://sourceforge.net/project/downl...3.exe&17992591
    and i check g++ and mingw make, it installed but i can't compile in windows command window

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    Is this a continuation of previous threads? If so, you may not be doing yourself a favor by spreading it out.

    What is the actual question?
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    no its not. the problem is that it doen't work. i get the error g++ is not a recognized command.

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    Is the executable in your path?

    [edit]How are you calling it? Etc., etc.?

    I can't see what's on you monitor, and I'd bet that very few can.
    7. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
    40. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.*

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    i cd into the directory then do g++ -c file.cpp

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    Ah, so is C:\MinGW\bin (or the relevant path) in your system path?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkDot View Post
    i cd into the directory then do g++ -c file.cpp
    You're putting your source code into the implementation directory? Yeach.
    7. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
    40. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.*

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    i did what you said in the pm and where path was i edited and deleted the whole line and put that. But when i compile my project folder is in just c so i cd into there then compile.

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    implementation directory? i have the mingw director and the project directory which are separate from each other, when i try to compile i go into the project directory and g++ and get the error. If your talking about putting the headers and .cpp files together than yes. I can compile in linux but am trying in windows as u can see.

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    Try "g++ --version" to check it is properly installed or not?

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    yea it comes up saying its installed

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    oK i can get it to compile my programs but how do i now get make to work?

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    when i type make it says make is not a recognized command

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    Same deal, make must be in your PATH. Find out where make is, and do so.
    I'm not sure if make comes with MinGW by default. There might be a make called "mingw32-make" (try calling that from the cmd line). "make" itself is available from MinGW's website.
    I suggest you google for some tutorials on what exactly the PATH variable does. Specifically, the PATH is "directories that will be searched for programs not in the current directory".
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    does someone have a more difinitive answer for this
    Last edited by DarkDot; 04-16-2007 at 06:47 PM.

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