On 3/20/08, David Cleaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, Hi!
> I would like to start using mingw-w64, but am unsure of what to do. Emailing here is a good start :) > I've just downloaded the latest mingw-w64-bin-x86_64-mingw_20080320.tar.bz2 > and extracted > it to its own folder "c:\mw64". I'm running Windows XP 64-bit edition and > would > like to build 64-bit windows binaries. I'd like to build gmp (and maybe > someday > mpfr, but that's secondary) and then other projects that depend on gmp. I'm a > bit lost and I've got a lot of questions, so I guess I'll get started: > > 1) Do I need to add "c:\mw64\bin" to my path? Yup. I'd put it first, too: PATH=C:\mw64\bin;%PATH% > 2) Are there any additional folders that I need to add to my path? Not that I know of. > 3) Do I need to run this inside of msys or cygwin for it to work? Or will > running it inside the windows 64-bit command prompt suffice? (with the right > path(s) in place) Running it in cygwin should fail, actually, because this binary expects paths to be in Windows format (C:\...) Using cmd.exe should work just fine. > 4) Why is "c:\mw64\bin\gcc.exe" a 0 byte file? Erm.. because I made a big mistake? Or maybe you did when extracting it :) I really have to remember to use "-h" when making that tar file. If you use a real tar program and not winrar, it should work fine. You can use cygwin to extract it, or gnulib's tar, or some other tar program. With the next snapshot I make, I'll try to tar it better. > 5) Do I need to make a shortcut (or similar?) to point that gcc.exe to > "c:\mw64\bin\x86_64-pc-mingw32-gcc-4.4.0.exe"? Nope. > 6) Why is c:\mw64\bin\x86_64-pc-mingw32-gcc.exe a 0 byte file? See above. > 7) Why are all the files in C:\mw64\x86_64-pc-mingw32\bin 0 byte files? See above. > 8) With several bin, include, and lib folders, do I need to put any or all in > my > path, or maybe: once I've put the correct bin in my path, the tools will find > the appropriate lib/include that they need? The binary should find the libraries automatically relative to where it;s installed.. > Well, that should get me started. ;) Thanks to anyone who would like to > tackle > these amateur-ish questions. They're not amateur at all. They're actually a good indicator for me for mistakes that I'm making :) :) Thanks for the feedback! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
