[Mingw-users] newbie: How do I install a newer version of GCC?

[Fish <fish@in...>]

 
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New to msys/mingw, but quite familiar with cygwin (been using it for
several years now).

Trying to get rid of cygwin and go straight msys/mingw only.

Got msys + msysDK + mingw installed. Works fine.

Now I want to upgrade gcc from 3.2 to 3.4.

I see on the download page there's gcc 3.4.2, but the bin.zip just
contains binaries and no install program/script.

What do I do? Just copy the binaries into the appropriate directory?
How do I determine what the appropriate directories are?

Or do I need to download the source package (src.zip) and use msys to
./configure && make && make install?

Guidance appreciated. :)

Thanks.

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Re: [Mingw-users] newbie: How do I install a newer version of GCC?

[John Gaughan <john@jo...>]

Fish wrote:
> What do I do? Just copy the binaries into the appropriate directory? 
> How do I determine what the appropriate directories are?

Unzip it to your MinGW directory, preserving paths. This will be the 
directory with /bin, /include, /lib, et al. inside it. All of the files 
inside the archive will just pop into their correct locations.

Do NOT just unzip it to your /bin directory -- GCC comes with headers 
and other stuff, you MUST unzip it to the MinGW directory or it will not 
work.

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RE: [Mingw-users] newbie: How do I install a newer version of GCC?

[Fish <fish@in...>]

 
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John Gaughan wrote:
> Fish wrote:
> > What do I do? Just copy the binaries into the
> > appropriate directory? How do I determine what
> > the appropriate directories are?
> 
> Unzip it to your MinGW directory, preserving paths. This
> will be the directory with /bin, /include, /lib, et al.
> inside it. All of the files inside the archive will just
> pop into their correct locations.
> 
> Do NOT just unzip it to your /bin directory -- GCC comes
> with headers and other stuff, you MUST unzip it to the MinGW
> directory or it will not work.

Just tried it and it worked just fine.

Thanks. :)


The first time I tried this upgrade, I manually copied all the files
to where I *thought* they were supposed to go, and I guess I didn't
guess too well 'cause it didn't work worth crap. %P

Doing it your way worked a treat.

All these years I've been using WinZip, I've been simply unzipping
into a temporary folder and the manually copying them where I wanted
them. I was always worried that unzipping an archive that contained
path information (the directories where they're supposed to belong)
would wipe out the existing directory with that name, sorta like the
way Windows does when you copy/paste a directory from one place to
another.

Sheesh. I feel so stupid now. Learn something new every day. %P

Anyway, thanks again John. I'm cool now. :)

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Re: [Mingw-users] newbie: How do I install a newer version of GCC?

[John Gaughan <john@jo...>]

Fish wrote:
> All these years I've been using WinZip, I've been simply unzipping 
> into a temporary folder and the manually copying them where I wanted 
> them. I was always worried that unzipping an archive that contained 
> path information (the directories where they're supposed to belong) 
> would wipe out the existing directory with that name, sorta like the 
> way Windows does when you copy/paste a directory from one place to 
> another.

If you cut/copy and paste a directory on top of another with the same 
name, it does not wipe out the target directory. It moves or copies the 
files into it, and depending on the version of Explorer you should get 
an option about overwriting files with the same name.

I just tested this on my Windows XP SP1 box and this is how it worked. 
Windows may have shortcomings but I don't think it will just delete your 
files like that ;-)

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RE: [Mingw-users] newbie: How do I install a newer version of GCC?

[Fish <fish@in...>]

 
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John Gaughan wrote:
> If you cut/copy and paste a directory on top of another
> with the same name, it does not wipe out the target directory.
> It moves or copies the files into it, and depending on the
> version of Explorer you should get an option about overwriting
> files with the same name.
> 
> I just tested this on my Windows XP SP1 box and this is how
> it worked. Windows may have shortcomings but I don't think it
> will just delete your files like that ;-)

Sunnovabich! <grumblestupidfishgrumble>

Now I *DO* feel like a frickin' rank amateur. :(

Christ. Been using Winders since '92 (Win 3.1 days) and thought I was
pretty dang competent with it and yet there's still sh*t about it I'm
learning.

<voiceover src="Gilda Radner as Emily Litella.wav">
"Oh. Never mind!"
</voiceover>

(sigh)

  :)

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