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    Newb help

    Hi

    I recently found this site while searching for a good programming site. I read the getting started page and downloading the Dev-C++ compiler. I put the code into it to test it out and it came up with an error. I thought it might just be the compiler so I downloaded Code::Blocks this morning. I just tried running the code that was in the main.cpp to test it again and it came up with this error:

    mingw32-g++.exe: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or directory

    Have I done something wrong such as check a box i shouldnt have done or something? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ^_^

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    Try unintalling it and re-installing it.
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    I did that with the Dev but that didnt help. I'll try it though.

    EDIT: No that didn't help...
    Last edited by Darth_Paul; 09-01-2007 at 06:26 AM.

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    When you downloaded dev-c++, did you get the full package (the large one), or the small one (just the IDE).
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    ...I dont really remember because it was before I went on holiday a few weeks ago. But I wish to continue with the Code::Blocks one.

    I'm using Vista btw. Would that be causing this?
    Last edited by Darth_Paul; 09-01-2007 at 07:28 AM.

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    code::blocks is just the IDE which wraps around the compiler.

    You could get the same compiler from http://www.mingw.org/ if you wanted to, but the advantage of getting the compiler with dev-c++ is that it's all in one handy executable file, so there is a lot less for you to do.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    so I should try fixing Dev-C++? I still dont know how to do that though O_o

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    Have you tried running the updater that's part of Dev-C++ ? It could be you need to update some of the components.. I think the updater is under the Tools menu.. maybe.

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    All I could find was "check for update" under the hep menu. I clicked that and it said that there was a new version available. I'm gonna download this now to see if that helps.

    Okay, that seems to have helped. I just compiled and ran the code that was already in the thing when I started a new project and it worked. Thanks for the help guys ^_^
    Last edited by Darth_Paul; 09-01-2007 at 09:43 AM.

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