Re: [Mingw-users] Can't find cyggmp-3.dll

[Andy R. <min...@an...>]

dur...@te... wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just installed minGW the manual way explained on the getting 
> started page (I don't know how to manage the proxy with the automated 
> installer).
> 
> My first try is to compile vim but it crashed, telling me it couldn't 
> find "libgmp-3.dll". So, i surfed the net, found it and put it in the 
> bin directory. Then it asked for "libmpfr-1.dll", I found it. Then
> "cygwin1.dll", I found it again but now it asks for "cyggmp-3.dll" and I
> can't find it.

You got it from the wrong place - this is not just any old libgmp-3.dll 
but the MinGW one. It seems that you've downloaded a Cygwin one which is 
quite different (Cygwin allows for building programs that run in a Unix 
emulator on Windows, MinGW allows for building native Windows apps).
> 
> So, my question is :
> What did I missed in the installation process to have so many dll
> missing ? And where can I find them ?

In the MinGW download area. And only there, never anywhere else.