Installing MinGW with Vista - Revision history

Dgg32: /* Compiler */

2008-10-31T13:06:46Z

Compiler

Seronis: /* Compiler */ Added additional compiler search directory so that locale.h, required by clocale, is available

2008-04-09T15:25:37Z

Compiler: Added additional compiler search directory so that locale.h, required by clocale, is available

Pecan: /* Executeables */

2008-02-15T23:16:37Z

Executeables

Simdol at 02:10, 5 November 2007

2007-11-05T02:10:48Z

Acemarke: /* Trouble shooting */

2007-07-13T21:51:31Z

Trouble shooting

Acemarke: /* Before we start */

2007-07-13T21:49:52Z

Before we start

Acemarke: /* Trouble shooting */

2007-07-13T21:48:20Z

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Acemarke: /* Trouble shooting */

2007-07-13T21:47:20Z

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Darthdespotism: Signed it

2007-06-29T07:23:03Z

Signed it

Darthdespotism: /* Before we start */

2007-06-28T18:44:57Z

Before we start

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 There are not necessarily all of them needed, but these are the directories MinGW searches in normally.
-Try again to compile. The compiler should now execute nurmally, but there is a Linker error left:
+Try again to compile. The compiler should now execute normally, but there is a Linker error left:
 === Linker ===

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 Still in the Compiler and Debugger dialogue go to "Search directories" -> "Compiler" and add:
   C:\MinGW\include\c++\''MinGW-Version''<br />
   C:\MinGW\include\c++\''MinGW-Version''\backward<br />

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 === Executeables ===
-If you haven't already done it it is time to install and start Code::Blocks. It's a good idea to creakte a sample "console application" so you have a basic "Hello world" to test your progress. As I first tried to run "Compile" without any Modifications I got the following Error:
+If you haven't already done it it is time to install and start Code::Blocks. It's a good idea to create a sample "console application" so you have a basic "Hello world" to test your progress. As I first tried to run "Compile" without any Modifications I got the following Error:
   -------------- Build: Debug in test ---------------<br />

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	* Compile with the -v flag. You can do this by simply adding -v to "Build options" -> "Compiler" -> "Other options"		* Compile with the -v flag. You can do this by simply adding -v to "Build options" -> "Compiler" -> "Other options"
	* Try entering the complete path to each program (for example, changing "mingw32-g++.exe" to "D:\toolkits\MinGW513\bin\mingw32-g++.exe"). This may allow projects to be compiled, regardless of which partition and folder MinGW is installed to. See [/index.php/topic,6422.0.html this forum thread] for more details.		* Try entering the complete path to each program (for example, changing "mingw32-g++.exe" to "D:\toolkits\MinGW513\bin\mingw32-g++.exe"). This may allow projects to be compiled, regardless of which partition and folder MinGW is installed to. See [/index.php/topic,6422.0.html this forum thread] for more details.
		+	--------------------------------------------
		+
		+	== '''An Easy Fix''' ==
		+
		+	I have been using this fix that was made available in the Mingw-Users list, by a kind a person. It works fine without having to do any abnormal modifications to your CodeBlocks setups.
		+
		+	----------------------------------
		+	If it helps anyone else, I took the three patched drivers that Danny
		+	posted (gcc, g++, collect2) and copied them to their various aliases
		+	(e.g. c++, mingw-g++, etc) and put them in the appropriate directory
		+	structure, and made it a tarball:
		+
		+	http://dessent.net/tmp/gcc-vista-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz
		+
		+	$ tar ztvf gcc-vista-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz
		+	-rwxr-xr-x brian/None 86016 2007-05-18 18:41 bin/c++.exe
		+	-rwxr-xr-x brian/None 86016 2007-05-18 18:41 bin/g++.exe
		+	-rwxr-xr-x brian/None 83456 2007-05-18 18:40 bin/gcc.exe
		+	-rwxr-xr-x brian/None 86016 2007-05-18 18:41 bin/mingw32-c++.exe
		+	-rwxr-xr-x brian/None 86016 2007-05-18 18:41 bin/mingw32-g++.exe
		+	-rwxr-xr-x brian/None 83456 2007-05-18 18:40 bin/mingw32-gcc-3.4.5
		+	-rwxr-xr-x brian/None 83456 2007-05-18 18:40 bin/mingw32-gcc.exe
		+	-rwx------ brian/None 85504 2007-05-18 18:41
		+	libexec/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/collect2.exe
		+
		+	If you unpack this in your MinGW root folder (e.g. /mingw) just like all
		+	the other gcc-foo tarballs it should install the files in all the right
		+	places. I tested this on a Vista copy running VMware and it worked fine
		+	for compiling and linking C and C++.
		+
		+	(That's for 3.4.5 only.)

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 ** If it's a library (.o, .a) add it to "linker" under "search directories"
 * Compile with the -v flag. You can do this by simply adding -v to "Build options" -> "Compiler" -> "Other options"
-* Try entering the complete path to each program (for example, changing "mingw32-g++.exe" to "D:\toolkits\MinGW513\bin\mingw32-g++.exe").  This may allow projects to be compiled, regardless of which partition and folder MinGW is installed to.
+* Try entering the complete path to each program (for example, changing "mingw32-g++.exe" to "D:\toolkits\MinGW513\bin\mingw32-g++.exe").  This may allow projects to be compiled, regardless of which partition and folder MinGW is installed to.  See [/index.php/topic,6422.0.html this forum thread] for more details.

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 * MinGW '''must''' be located on the same partition as the files you want to compile
-* There may be issues if you don't install MinGW in the toplevel folder (e.g. C:\MinGW) but in some folder (e.g. C:\Compilers\MinGW)
+* There may be issues if you don't install MinGW in the toplevel folder (e.g. C:\MinGW) but in some folder (e.g. C:\Compilers\MinGW).  There is a possible solution to this problem (see the "Troubleshooting" section at the bottom of this page).
 For this HOWTO I used some Conventions:

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	** If it's a library (.o, .a) add it to "linker" under "search directories"		** If it's a library (.o, .a) add it to "linker" under "search directories"
	* Compile with the -v flag. You can do this by simply adding -v to "Build options" -> "Compiler" -> "Other options"		* Compile with the -v flag. You can do this by simply adding -v to "Build options" -> "Compiler" -> "Other options"
		+	* Try entering the complete path to each program (for example, changing "mingw32-g++.exe" to "D:\toolkits\MinGW513\bin\mingw32-g++.exe"). This may allow projects to be compiled, even though MinGW is on a different partition than the project files.

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	[[Category:User Documentation]]		[[Category:User Documentation]]
		+	--[[User:Darthdespotism\|Darthdespotism]] 07:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
	== Before we start ==		== Before we start ==

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 * I assumed you are going to install in C:, if you want to install on another partition (which may be clever as the sources must be on the same partition) you'll have to modifie the path acordingly
-* I used ''MinGW-Version'' to indicate that you must use your Version of MinGW here. As you can see on my pictures it is for me 4.2.0 and for those who downloaded on [[http://mingw.org]] ist is most probably 3.4.2
+* I used ''MinGW-Version'' to indicate that you must use your Version of MinGW here. As you can see on my pictures it is for me 4.2.0 and for those who downloaded on [http://mingw.org http://mingw.org] it is most probably 3.4.2
 Just one thing left: I've done this under Vista Business and a friend of mine reported it working with Home Premium. I hope it works on the other versions, too.