Thread: gcc for Linux for Windows

Where can I get a gcc compiler to run under linux? I'm using the KDE desktop. Thanks for any information.

all linuxes that i am aware of ship with gcc

Mine didn't. Its called Linux for Windows, it is a modified version of the Mandrake installation to install without losing windows or re-partitioning your hard drive. it has an option to standard install, but I'm too afraid to take that route. It came with one CD, the OS and some stuff to play with. Thats about it.

Any help on downloading and isntalling GCC? I'mnot familiar with linux hardly at all.

Okay, i found:

D:\Mandrake\RPMS\gcc-cpp-2.95.2-12mdk.i586.rpm
and its 98kb in size.

I looked at the GNU site and downloading what I thought was GCC, it was the source. So I suppose I'll have to do a search for the compiled binaries, like you stated. Was hoping someone knew of an official site of the gcc.

Actually, I remember the GNU site giving an FTP that they claimed was the binaries. I'll look into that more, maybe I just grabbed the wrong file on accident.

thanks.

I'm using the KDE desktop.

You can also try Package Manager in KDE (GUI), if you want.
I myself prefer to one posted by vVv.
But it shouldn't be rpm -i D:\Mandrake\RPMS\gcc-cpp-2.95.2-12mdk.i586.rpm,
I think it should be rpm -i mounted_path_for_rpm_file_in_cdrom.

Originally posted by Strut
Mine didn't.

then ignore it. a linux with no gcc is no linux.

It is a 'real' linux distro. Its linux mandrake 7.2. It seems to me to be a stripped down version though, just so you can see what linux is like. I plan to get RedHat 8.0 ASAP.

Originally posted by face_master
Linux for Windows?? Hrm...sounds fishy to me

Yeah, I tried this once back when I was a newbie... it just puts Linux in a single file on your Windows partition. I had some problems installing stuff because it seems that a "Linux for Windows" installation limits Linux to 2 Gigs.

I'd suggest a normal installation.