GCC Installation Help

[Dae]

Hey

I have no idea how to install this (win xp, and I have gcc 1.3.1 or something installed). I tried the 'impatient' install commands from the directory I unloaded GCC:

./configure
make
make install

./configure says '.' is not a command (even though there IS a 'configure' file in that directory. make says I have no target defines or a makefile. (EDIT: I found that 'make -f Makefile.in' would work, but says there no seperator at line 486)

So I tried the 'correct' install, starting with configure:

% mkdir objdir
% cd objdir
% srcdir/configure [options] [target]

I got to the last part and I tried some combinations with no success. I need guru help! well.. any help actually

I'd really appreciate any help with this, and maybe I'll learn what the install html's are talking about.

[sand_man]

./configure is for linux

[Dae]

./configure is for linux

Thank you!

Now if I can figure out why their recommended 'make' or 'make install' isnt working.

[^xor]

Get Dev-C++ or just the bare MinGW instead.

[Dae]

Get Dev-C++ or just the bare MinGW instead.

I've been working with that for a while but I feel more in control with Makefiles and knowing my gcc is up to date, and of course all the libraries I'll plan to use eventually or learn from. I still use Dev-Cpp to edit the files though, and save them all I just hit compile, then cancel. But I'd like to get gcc installed because I wont always have my choice of dev-cpp and its good to get used to gcc (plus I plan on getting linux for my next computer).

I have the time to search around for help, try combinations and figure it out.

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or.. maybe I should just wait until I'm running Linux? because these docs dont seem to realize 90 someodd percent of people are running on Windows. (not that I like it).. though reading the docs i see winnt supports what they are talking about, guess thats why I didnt have problems before -thats what I was running.

[Dae]

./configure is for linux

Ohh I found a part in the docs that said you could use 'sh configure' instead of './configure', which is some older command.. but it works for win xp cmd prompt! I think everythings fine now.. that was easy, I just wish I was on winnt or linux so I didnt have to struggle figuring out some foreign commands and such that dont work with xp.

Phew.

Thanks guys