mingw-get-inst is a simple InnoSetup GUI installer that (indirectly) installs
MinGW and MSYS. It actually only installs the new `mingw-get' executable and
its support files---and then invokes that program to handle the actual
installation.
During the GUI phase of the installation, you may select which elements you
wish to install, from the following list:
MinGW Compiler Suite
C Compiler always installed
C++ Compiler optional
Fortran Compiler optional
ObjC Compiler optional
Ada Compiler optional
MSYS Basic System optional
MinGW Developer Toolkit optional
After the GUI phase of the installation is complete, mingw-get will be
invoked to download and install all of the selected components.
Once installation is complete, you can update to any available newer version
of the available components, or add additional components, by performing the
following steps:
cd C:\MinGW\bin (or whereever mingw-get.exe is located)
mingw-get update
mingw-get install <... package names ...>
The 'update' command updates the local copy of the package information
database. This version of mingw-get-inst ships with a snapshot of that
database, from 2011 Mar 16. (During the GUI phase of the installation, you
will be given the option of automatically updating the database to the
latest version, or using the pre-packaged snapshot).
If there are any issues with this installer or with mingw-get, please report
problems to
mingw-users@lists.sourceforge.net
After triage, you may be asked to open an official bug report by following
the instructions here:
http://www.mingw.org/reporting_bugs
Changes
==========
20110316:
* Ship with mingw-get-0.2-alpha-2. This bugfix release corrects
MinGW‐Bug 3212246; this was a serious bug which, under certain
specific conditions, could result in a package name alias being
matched to the wrong package, (e.g. autoconf2.5 resolved to match
the mingw32‐autoconf2.1 package, instead of mingw32‐autoconf2.5).
* Update catalogue to 2011-03-16.
* pkginfo is added to the initial installation list. mingw-get-inst
has long installed this element (part of the mingw-get constellation,
but not an explicity required element). "Prime the pump" so that
mingw-get will know how to update pkginfo in the future.
20110313:
* Ship with mingw-get-0.2-alpha-1. This new release adds the following
new features and improvements. For more information (and current
limitations) see the NEWS file in the mingw-get source package, or
the following readme.txt file:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/mingw-get/mingw-get-0.2-alpha-1/
-- remove --
PROVISIONAL support for removal of packages which have been
previously installed. (WARNING: 'mingw-get remove foo' WILL remove
all files associated with package 'foo', even if some other package
'bar' may depend on them.
-- upgrade --
The upgrade operation is now implemented as a 'remove' as described
above, followed by an 'install'.
-- list, show --
Preliminary support for the list operation, which allows to list
the description text for a specific package, or to show a list of
all available packages. 'show' is currently a synonym for 'list'.
* Update catalogue to 2011-03-13.
* mingw-get is added to the initial installation list. This rather odd
step is required to "prime the pump" -- it establishes an installation
record for the mingw-get package ITSELF, so that in the future,
mingw-get will be able to upgrade itself if necessary.
20110211:
* Ship with mingw-get-0.1-alpha-5.1. This is a bug-fix release to
correct a critical defect in the resolution of dependencies, when
performing an upgrade operation. It also provides more meaningful
diagnostics when mingw-get is invoked without arguments.
* Remove 'MSYS System Builder' from GUI selection dialog. Too
many novice users were installating it without understanding
its purpose, leading to a lot of confusion on the mailing list.
************************************************************
** Most people should not install the MSYS System Builder **
** It is for building MSYS applications and libraries. **
** As most users want to build MinGW (that is, native **
** win32) applications and libraries, it is inappropriate **
** to install the MSYS System Builder. However, if you **
** really want to install it, use the command line tool **
** 'mingw-get install msys-dvlpr' **
** AFTER you install the other components using this GUI **
** installation process. But DO NOT DO THIS unless you **
** really understand the implications. **
************************************************************
* Update catalogue to 2011-02-11; update documentation to reflect
availability of new MinGW gcc version 4.5.2.
20101030:
* Ship with mingw-get-0.1-alpha-5; this provides a more robust
solution to the "mingw-get deleted itself" problem, together
with a workaround to avoid a race condition in this installer
itself.
20100909:
* Ship with mingw-get-0.1-alpha-4, which fixes the "mingw-get deleted
itself" problem and adds a --help option.
* Now also (optionally) install the MinGW Developer Toolkit and/or
MSYS System Builder meta package collections.
* No longer requires Admin privileges
* Optionally run 'mingw-get update' to download the most recent set of
package metadata before performing the installation.
20100831:
* Initial release
Background
==========
mingw-get is the actual MinGW installer. It supports multiple installation
locations on a single computer, multiple repositories and handles dependency
relationships between elements. However, it is still a work in progress---and
many potential users are intimidated by it, because it is a command line
application and requires some configuration file editing before it can be used.
mingw-get is structured as a library that contains all of the core
implementation logic, and a command-line interface (CLI) front end executable.
Eventually, that CLI application will be superseded by a GUI front end---once
the development of the back end implementation logic and library is complete.
However, the CLI mingw-get is usuable today, for simple installations.
mingw-get-inst is NOT the GUI version of mingw-get. Rather, it is a quick and
dirty InnoSetup wrapper that installs the CUI mingw-get, modifies the
configuration files as needed automatically, and invokes mingw-get with the
appropriate arguments to handle the actual installation. We expect that
mingw-get-inst will be obsoleted once the GUI version of mingw-get is released,
but that may be some time from now.
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