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[Dev-C++] Underlying Mingw and gcc

[Eddie D. <edd...@tr...>]

Is there a way of running gcc separately from the command line ? Is =
there any way to determine what version of MingW and gcc are part of =
Dev-cpp ? Can the version of MingW/gcc be updated for a particular =
version of Dev-cpp or does each version of Dev-cpp essentially use only =
a single version of Mingw/gcc ?

Re: [Dev-C++] Underlying Mingw and gcc

[Tim S. <ti...@we...>]

Hi Eddie,

you have writte:
> Is there a way of running gcc separately from the command line?

Of course this is possible, just Add $DEV-CPP-DIR\bin,
$DEV-CPP-DIR\include and $DEV-CPP-DIR\lib to your PATH.

> Is there any way to determine what version of MingW and gcc are part
> of Dev-cpp?=20

Not that I know. Most GNU Programms can be called with the -v parameter
to tell you what version it is.

> Can the version of MingW/gcc be updated for a particular version of
> Dev-cpp or does each version of Dev-cpp essentially use only a single
> version of Mingw/gcc?

You can just overwrite the old executeables, like gcc or g++, but beware
that some Dev-Packs might not work with a newer Version of GCC (I have
here wxWidgets in Mind).

Btw, I'm using only the pure Dev-C++ files without GNU toolchain because
I maintain my own MinGW installation.

greetings

Tim

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Re: [Dev-C++] Underlying Mingw and gcc

[Siva C. <siv...@ya...>]

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Re: [Dev-C++] Underlying Mingw and gcc

[Siva C. <siv...@ya...>]

hello,

--- Eddie Diener <edd...@tr...> wrote:
> Is there a way of running gcc separately from the
> command line ? 

Add the ..\Dev-Cpp\bin directory path to the
autoexec.bat(or its equivalent) file and restart your
system. Then you can use all the executables in the
..\Dev-Cpp\bin directory from any other folder through
the command line.

> Is there any way to determine what
> version of MingW and gcc are part of Dev-cpp ? 

gcc -v at the command line would give the gcc version
number. There should be something similar for other
MingW executables. 

> Can
> the version of MingW/gcc be updated for a particular
> version of Dev-cpp or does each version of Dev-cpp
> essentially use only a single version of Mingw/gcc ?

never tried but I think you can update the files in
the ..\Dev-Cpp\bin directory keeping in mind the issue
of version compatibility.

(kindly suggest if there are better ways of doing
things)

Siva Chandra



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