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[[Category:Installing Code::Blocks]]
 
[[Category:Installing Code::Blocks]]
 
[[Category:Installing Code::Blocks nightly build]]
 
[[Category:Installing Code::Blocks nightly build]]
This article describes how to install a nightly build of ''Code::Blocks''.
 
 
:''NOTE'': If you have installed ''Code::Blocks'' RC1, RC1-1, or RC2; please either uninstall it or make sure you use a different directory. '''Do not''' install the nightly build on top of these release candidates.
 
 
 
=== Install steps ===
 
=== Install steps ===
  
# [[MinGW_installation|Install ''MinGW'' and the ''GDB debugger'']].
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# Download and install [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip]. You need it to extract the nightly build files.
# Download and install [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip]. You need it to extract the nightly build.
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# Download the latest nightly build from the [//forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/board,20.0.html Nightly Builds forum].
# Download the latest nightly build from the [/index.php?board=20.0 Nightly Builds forum].
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# Download the ''wxWidgets Unicode .dll'' for your nightly build (download link in forum).
# Download the according ''wxWidgets Unicode DLL'' for your nightly build (download link in forum).
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# Download the ''mingw10.dll'' for your nightly build (download link also in forum).
# Download the ''mingw10.dll'' for ''Code::Blocks'' [http://download.berlios.de/codeblocks/mingwm10.7z mingwm10.7z] (also mentioned at the nightly build).
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# Unzip ''Code::Blocks nightly'', ''wxWidgets .dll'', and the ''mingw10.dll'' to the same directory, your '''codeblocks.exe''' program is located here.
#* This step is optional if the bin directory of ''MinGW'' is in your PATH variable '''or''' if you copy ''mingw10.dll'' from <tt>…\"MinGW"\bin</tt> directory to your unzip-directory of ''Code::Blocks'' an ''wxWidgets DLL''.
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# Follow instructions to [[MinGW_installation|''Install MinGW and Configure Code::Blocks'']].
# Unzip ''Code::Blocks'' and the ''wxWidgets DLL'' to the same directory.
 
# Start ''Code::Blocks'' and configure ''GNU GCC compiler''.
 
 
 
=== Examples ===
 
Downloads for one Nightly Install from 2010.01.16 see [/index.php/topic,11875.0.html Nightly Builds forum (build 6088)]:
 
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/tdm-gcc/files/TDM-MinGW%20Installer/1.908.0/tdm-mingw-1.908.0-4.4.1-2.exe/download TDM MinGW v4.4.1-2]
 
Note: The GDB debugger is also handled with the previously linked installer and doesnt require a seperate download.
 
[http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/CB_20100116_rev6088_win32.7z CB_20100116_rev6088_win32.7z]
 
[http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/wxmsw28u_gcc_cb_wx2810.7z wxmsw28u_gcc_cb_wx2810.7z]
 
 
 
Downloads for one Nightly Install from 2007.08.16 see [/index.php/topic,6705.0.html Nightly Builds forum (build 4399)]:
 
[http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinGW-5.1.3.exe MinGW-5.1.3.exe]
 
[http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gdb-6.6.tar.bz2 gdb-6.6.tar.bz2]
 
Note: If you don't install to C:\MinGW you have to change the 5 path entries inside
 
''Code::Blocks'' under settings->compiler and debugger.
 
[http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/mingwm10.7z mingwm10.7z]
 
[http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/wxmsw28u_gcc_cb_wx284.7z wxmsw28u_gcc_cb_wx284.7z]
 
[http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/CB_20070816_rev4399_win32.7z CB_20070816_rev4399_win32.7z]
 
 
 
Downloads for one Nightly Install from 2006.08.26 (build 2910):
 
[http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinGW-5.1.3.exe MinGW-5.1.3.exe]
 
[http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gdb-6.3-2.exe gdb-6.3-2.exe]
 
Note: If you don't install to C:\MinGW you have to change the 5 path entries inside
 
Code::Blocks under settings->compiler and debugger.
 
[http://download.berlios.de/codeblocks/mingwm10.7z mingwm10.7z]
 
[http://download.berlios.de/codeblocks/wxmsw26u_gcc_cb_wx2.6.3p2.7z wxmsw26u_gcc_cb_wx2.6.3p2.7z]
 
[http://download.berlios.de/codeblocks/CB_20060826_rev2910_win32.7z CB_20060826_rev2910_win32.7z]
 

Latest revision as of 20:47, 16 November 2022

Install steps

  1. Download and install 7-Zip. You need it to extract the nightly build files.
  2. Download the latest nightly build from the Nightly Builds forum.
  3. Download the wxWidgets Unicode .dll for your nightly build (download link in forum).
  4. Download the mingw10.dll for your nightly build (download link also in forum).
  5. Unzip Code::Blocks nightly, wxWidgets .dll, and the mingw10.dll to the same directory, your codeblocks.exe program is located here.
  6. Follow instructions to Install MinGW and Configure Code::Blocks.