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  1. 02-08-2008 #1
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    how can i install mingw with the latest version of gcc which is 4xx on Windows Xp
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    It comes with the Dev-C++ installation package.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    Or you go to www.mingw.org and start clicking.
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    without dev c++
    sorry to mention that

    and yeah the binary for windows at mingw.org contains older version of gcc which I dont want
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    Download from here:
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...?group_id=2435
    perhaps?

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    well thanks matsp but I know that the real prob is how to install it
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    And what problem do you have with the installation - do you get an error, or something else that is a problem?

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    well thanks matsp but I know that the real prob is how to install it
    Download the installer and run it.

    Are you talking about GCC4?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    Oh yeah, thats what I meant, GCC 4

    MinGW installer contains GCC 3

    So how to do GCC ? I mean how to install it ?
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    Read the notes.

    Basically, the instructions are: "Extract the files, maintaining the directory structure, into your root
    directory for mingw."
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    Thanks laserlight and matsp

    I'll take a look at those notes and see what happens.
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    but they dont tell how to install the GCC 4 ?

    Do you meaan first install MinGW with the automated installer

    and then extract what ?
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    Do you meaan first install MinGW with the automated installer
    Yes, or by downloading the files manually. That's pretty much what the installer does, anyway.

    and then extract what ?
    Tell you what. Take a look around the download pages at Sourceforge.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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