Thread: CodeBlocks / GCC / Cygwin Installation Windows 10

Hello,

I am trying to install some C compiler on Windows 10, therefore I found CygWin and CodeBlocks as editor.

I followed maily this tutorial: How to Install the Latest GCC on Windows

, also this:
Chapter 2. Setting Up Cygwin
and:
Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with Windows

I end up with this:



When I try to compile this:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello world!\n");
    return 0;
}

nothing happens; when I try to run, I get asked whether I want to build; if I choose so, output is a build error seen in the first image, nothing built.

I guess, I need some help interpreting this results.

Originally Posted by stahta01

Change the default compiler to the one you are trying to use "Cygwin GCC". (I think you already did this step.)

Yes.

Change the project to using the "Cygwin GCC" compiler. (You did NOT do this step.)

Indeed.

Rebuild your project.

Did so.

Edit2: I have never gotten the Cygwin debugger to work; but, I have used the "Cygwin GCC" compiler without any problems on small CB projects. (I am NOT a person who uses the CB debugger very much; so, the debugger problem might be user error on my part.)

I downloaded the gdb.exe here: Debugger, gdb, for Windows.

The solution probably was to disable the Windows Anti-virus. Inspired by CodeBlocks opens console window, then does nothing..

After doing so, CB successfully compiles upper upper code-snippet.

Originally Posted by swgh

That debugger has never worked properly anyway. It might be an
idea to download and use the GDB debugger instead.

Is what I did.

I use the
LCC compiler and the GDB debugger when using CB and they
seem to work flawlessly.

That sounds like an interesting alternative.