Re: [Mingw-users] MinGW download

[Oscar F. <of...@wa...>]

"Mike Lilly" <mik...@vi...> writes:

>  
> I recently downloaded MinGW onto a WINDOWS 98 system and followed the
> instructions in "C Programming in easy steps" but I cannot get the
> program to work.
> 
>  I have the following directories set up
> 
> C:\MinGW and C:Myprograms and have added to C:autoexec.bat a path
> C:\MinGW\bin but I have been unable to get a programming window to
> operate in.

MinGW doesn't comes with an "operating window" (also known as an IDE,
Integrated Development Environment). You can get one that works with
MinGW from elsewhere. It is highly recommended to use a text editor or
IDE that can execute the compilation and parse the compiler output. An
often-used IDE for MinGW is hosted here:

http://www.bloodshed.net/

Please note that it comes with MinGW, IIRC, so it will not use your
current MinGW installation.
 
>  In DOS the command gcc -v tells my that: -
> 
>  Reading specs from C:/MINGW/BIN/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2/specs
> 
> Configured with: ../gcc/configure --with-gcc --with-gnu-ld
> --with-gnu-as --host=
> 
> mingw32 --target=mingw32 --prefix=/mingw --enable-threads
> --disable-nls --enable
> 
> -languages=f77,c++,objc,ada --disable-win32-registry --disable-shared
> 
> Thread model: win32
> 
> gcc version 3.2 (mingw special 20020817-1)

That's ok.

>  I have created the Hello World code in NOTEPAD and saved it to
> Myprograms.

Ok.
 
>  How do I compile the from a window as the book seems to be using

Simply open a command line window (a.k.a. DOS box), move to the
directory where you saved your program and type:

gcc myprogram.c -o myprogram.exe

This instructs gcc to compile a program named "myprogram.c" and
produce an executable named "myprogram.exe"

If there are errors in your source code, gcc will display them. If
not, it will terminate silently. Execute the generated program from
the same command line window.

-- 
Oscar