Tips to get MINGW working on MS VISTA
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| First things first "Don't hold a grudge" if these tips are a little in accurate and they are aimed at people with a little know how. As I write this I'm currently compiling wxWidgets-2.6.3 (will let you know if I get it to compile. Keep getting conflicting declaration 'typdef int boolean' in jmorecfg.h) First I installed MINGW (not onto the drive that holds the OS though you can do it). Next I had to set up some Enviroment variables to let Windows know where to find MinGW(there are two ways to do this 1... Create a batch file (the safe method) like the sample below. 2... Edit the Windows Enviroment Variable Directly (not recommended unless you plan on using MSYS) Sample batch file... .................................. @echo off echo MinGW Enviroment Command Console echo .... echo .... set MINGWROOT = C:\MinGW set MINGWBIN = %MINGWROOT%\bin set MINGWINCLUDE = %MINGWROOT%\include set MINGWLIB = %MINGWROOT%\lib set MINGWLIBEXEC = %MINGWROOT%\libexec\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2 set MINGWBIN2 = %MINGWROOT%\mingw32\bin set MINGWLIB2 = %MINGWROOT%\mingw32\lib\ldscripts set MINGW = %MINGWROOT%;%MINGWBIN%;%MINGWINCLUDE%;%MINGWLIB%;%MINGWLIBEXEC%;%MINGWLIB2%;%MINGWLIB2% set GCC_EXEC_PREFIX = %MINGWLIB%\gcc\ rem to add more resource paths just use the set command like above and then add it to the set PATH like below set PATH = %MINGW%;%PATH% cmd ................................. The next thing that may get in the way is the new file 'permissions' that M$ have implemented for security. If so just edit the offending files(or folder) 'permissions' to inclued your user name with 'read/write/modify/execute' permissions. There is a small problem with using MSYS.... patch.exe, install.exe and install-info.exe will always give you 'permission denied'. These are not trapped by the UAC under the msys shell and will not give you the 'continue/password' dialog box. They can be got round by adding the Msys bin directory to the PATH variable in a batch file and running it as administrator. Well I hope the info will helpful. And let me know if I missed some thing. |
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| Wow, that's a lot of environment variables. I found the solution below worked for me, and didn't require as much work. http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=67202 I work with UAC turned off, so this may also be required as part of the solution above, but I haven't checked. |
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