Re: [Mingw-users] Which files do I need to download?

[Michael B. <mic...@gm...>]

Leif W wrote:

>> Michael Bester; 2005 January 30 Sunday 20:07
>>
>>> Leif W wrote:
>>>
>>> So far, I have downloaded MinGW-3.2.0-rc-1.exe (it was the newest at 
>>> the time) and MSYS-1.0.10.exe.  I would like to start playing with 
>>> GTK+ for windows (as a developer), and that requires some additional 
>>> tools like m4, autoconf & automake, among others.  First is the
>>
>
>> what you need is msysDTK - it contains the whole toolchain, which 
>> you'll need for the gtk+ and other projects.
>> you can download it from the mingw site.with it you can run the usual 
>> configure scripts.
>
>
> Ok, thanks, I will try this.  Is there any overlap with the currently 
> installed MSYS?  Do I need to uninstall MSYS?  Can it install next to 
> MSYS?  What about the versions of the tools?  MSYS and msysDTK 
> downloads have different dates, 15 months different, which is a HUGE 
> difference. If I am going to build my own applications with autoconf 
> and automake, are they included in msysDTK, or do I need the 
> additional downloads and libtool?
>
> If I want an up-to-date MinGW/MSYS, should I just use the current 
> MinGW/MSYS and then get the source from the upstream sites and rebuild 
> everything?
>
> Leif
>
they are. The whole gnu - toolchain + perl is included. You will 
probably need the new binutils + bison etc. I did
not install the new mingw-don't know which versions of 
binutils+runtime+winapi's are included.
/michael.