Hi!
The latest versions of Dev-Cpp come with TDM-GCC x64 which is not a good choice for 32-bit Windows.
Is there any instruction of "assembling" latest version Dev-Cpp with 32-bit GCC to make them work together?
In particular, if I take "Dev-Cpp 5.11 No Compiler Portable.7z" as the IDE, is http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/files/Compilers/MinGW/MinGW%204.8.1.7z/download the latest compatible compiler available? It seems quite old.
Last edit: DV 2015-09-17
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OK, so here are the steps I've done to be able to use latest portable version of Dev-Cpp with the 32-bit MinGW mentioned above:
1. Download latest portable version of Dev-Cpp without compiler: currently it is "Dev-Cpp 5.11 No Compiler Portable.7z";
2. Download latest compatible MinGW: currently it is "MinGW 4.8.1.7z";
3. Extract the downloaded Dev-Cpp into a local folder, e.g. into "C:\Dev-Cpp" (so you'll have "devcpp.exe" and other files directly under "C:\Dev-Cpp");
4. Extract the downloaded MinGW into the Dev-Cpp folder, e.g. "C:\Dev-Cpp\MinGW32" (so you'll have "bin", "include" and other folders directly under "C:\Dev-Cpp\MinGW32");
5. Run "devcppPortable.exe" or "devcpp.exe" and go to Tools -> Compiler Options... If the "Compiler set to configure" is empty, press the "++" button (this button shows a hint "Find and automatically configure compilers"), then press OK. After that you shoud have "MinGW GCC 4.8.1 32-bit" items in the Compiler set.
Now you are able to compile using MinGW GCC.
I remember Dev-Cpp featured such thing as caching of C++ include headers, but I'm not sure how it can be initiated manually.
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As for another compiler, I've succeeded to use this one which is GCC 5.1.0: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tdm-gcc/files/TDM-GCC%20Installer/
I've installed it into "C:\TDM-GCC", then from Tools -> Compiler Options... I've manually added this folder "C:\TDM-GCC" - and Dev-Cpp has detected it as "TDM-GCC 5.1.0".
The only thing left was to specify "gdb32.exe" instead of "gdb.exe" in the Programs tab of the Compiler Options. (Because now the executable's name is "gdb32.exe".)
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Hi!
The latest versions of Dev-Cpp come with TDM-GCC x64 which is not a good choice for 32-bit Windows.
Is there any instruction of "assembling" latest version Dev-Cpp with 32-bit GCC to make them work together?
In particular, if I take "Dev-Cpp 5.11 No Compiler Portable.7z" as the IDE, is http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/files/Compilers/MinGW/MinGW%204.8.1.7z/download the latest compatible compiler available? It seems quite old.
Last edit: DV 2015-09-17
OK, so here are the steps I've done to be able to use latest portable version of Dev-Cpp with the 32-bit MinGW mentioned above:
1. Download latest portable version of Dev-Cpp without compiler: currently it is "Dev-Cpp 5.11 No Compiler Portable.7z";
2. Download latest compatible MinGW: currently it is "MinGW 4.8.1.7z";
3. Extract the downloaded Dev-Cpp into a local folder, e.g. into "C:\Dev-Cpp" (so you'll have "devcpp.exe" and other files directly under "C:\Dev-Cpp");
4. Extract the downloaded MinGW into the Dev-Cpp folder, e.g. "C:\Dev-Cpp\MinGW32" (so you'll have "bin", "include" and other folders directly under "C:\Dev-Cpp\MinGW32");
5. Run "devcppPortable.exe" or "devcpp.exe" and go to Tools -> Compiler Options... If the "Compiler set to configure" is empty, press the "++" button (this button shows a hint "Find and automatically configure compilers"), then press OK. After that you shoud have "MinGW GCC 4.8.1 32-bit" items in the Compiler set.
Now you are able to compile using MinGW GCC.
I remember Dev-Cpp featured such thing as caching of C++ include headers, but I'm not sure how it can be initiated manually.
As for another compiler, I've succeeded to use this one which is GCC 5.1.0:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tdm-gcc/files/TDM-GCC%20Installer/
I've installed it into "C:\TDM-GCC", then from Tools -> Compiler Options... I've manually added this folder "C:\TDM-GCC" - and Dev-Cpp has detected it as "TDM-GCC 5.1.0".
The only thing left was to specify "gdb32.exe" instead of "gdb.exe" in the Programs tab of the Compiler Options. (Because now the executable's name is "gdb32.exe".)