mingw help

Can anyone help me set up mingw to get it working? i installed the package from http://sourceforge.net/project/downl...3.exe&17992591
and i check g++ and mingw make, it installed but i can't compile in windows command window

Is this a continuation of previous threads? If so, you may not be doing yourself a favor by spreading it out.

What is the actual question?

no its not. the problem is that it doen't work. i get the error g++ is not a recognized command.

Is the executable in your path?

[edit]How are you calling it? Etc., etc.?

I can't see what's on you monitor, and I'd bet that very few can.

i cd into the directory then do g++ -c file.cpp

Ah, so is C:\MinGW\bin (or the relevant path) in your system path?

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Originally Posted by DarkDot

i cd into the directory then do g++ -c file.cpp

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You're putting your source code into the implementation directory? Yeach.

i did what you said in the pm and where path was i edited and deleted the whole line and put that. But when i compile my project folder is in just c so i cd into there then compile.

implementation directory? i have the mingw director and the project directory which are separate from each other, when i try to compile i go into the project directory and g++ and get the error. If your talking about putting the headers and .cpp files together than yes. I can compile in linux but am trying in windows as u can see.

Try "g++ --version" to check it is properly installed or not?

yea it comes up saying its installed

oK i can get it to compile my programs but how do i now get make to work?

when i type make it says make is not a recognized command

Same deal, make must be in your PATH. Find out where make is, and do so.
I'm not sure if make comes with MinGW by default. There might be a make called "mingw32-make" (try calling that from the cmd line). "make" itself is available from MinGW's website.
I suggest you google for some tutorials on what exactly the PATH variable does. Specifically, the PATH is "directories that will be searched for programs not in the current directory".

does someone have a more difinitive answer for this

'mingw32-make.exe' is the default MinGW make program; 'make.exe' is installed by msys. This issue with make is documented in MinGW's faq. MSys is likewise documented in MinGW's faq.

thanks i figured it out

Well, when you have installed mingw through an installer on your system possible at c:\mingw, use an IDE such as CODE BLOCKS for programming. The IDE will automatically detect the installed mingw. You do not have to do anything.