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install and use GCC in windows 7 x64

I am new to GCC, don't know much about it. I want to install it on my Windows 7 64bit PC and use it for C, C++ and Java. The latest version is GCC-4.8.0. In their mirror links, I am getting option to download gcc 4.8.0.tar.bz2 and gcc 4.8.0.tar.gz and md5.sum. Please guide me, how should i proceed, to use GCC

Upvotes: 3

Views: 21639

Answers (5)

Brecht Sanders
Brecht Sanders

Reputation: 7305

You should really check out Code::Blocks (http://codeblocks.org/). It's a good IDE which is easily set up to get you started.

To support Windows 64-bit though you should not use the MinGW compiler that comes with it. Instead get a separate binary of MinGW-w64 with 64-bit support. You can get it from http://winlibs.com where you can also find tips on how to configure both Windows 32-bit and 64-bit compilers.

Upvotes: 0

LUser
LUser

Reputation: 1204

I use codeblocks . You can follow this Youtube video for instructions:). Hope it helps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNeySMSW8qU

Upvotes: 0

Globber
Globber

Reputation: 1

this is an older question but this was harder to search for than it should have been so I will post it here, http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/WindowsBuilding is a quick guide to getting gcc4.8 running on windows. I am about to dive in to building it on my old windows-xp box. wish me luck.

Upvotes: 0

Basile Starynkevitch
Basile Starynkevitch

Reputation: 1

These files are source archive files of the latest released GCC compiler.

As a newbie, you probably want a binary distribution, e.g. mingw or cygwin on Windows. (Then you might get an earlier version of GCC. 4.8 has just been released)

Alternatively, consider switching to Linux and install it on your machine. It will teach you a big lot (and almost all of Linux is free software so you can get its source code and study it).

Using Linux and GCC also gives you a significant advantage: you could use GCC plugins, e.g. develop your own MELT extension (MELT is a domain specific language to extend GCC, implemented as a [meta-]plugin). Neither Mingw nor Cygwin support GCC plugins.

PS. compiling GCC from source code is not easy for a newbie.

Upvotes: 1

mvp
mvp

Reputation: 116437

On Windows, easiest way to get gcc is to install MinGW.

Most recent MinGW release has support for gcc 4.8 as well - but it may be not very stable at the moment.

Upvotes: 4

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