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zeboidlund
zeboidlund

Reputation: 10157

Cygwin not detecting compiler

I've added C:\cygwin\bin to my windows path, yet it's still not detecting g++ or gcc when I try to compile from source.

Is there anything I'm missing here? Just installed Cygwin 1.7

Upvotes: 1

Views: 261

Answers (2)

ak2
ak2

Reputation: 6778

Due to the alternatives system that's used for switching between gcc versions 3 and 4, gcc and g++ are symlinks to gcc-3/g++-3 or gcc-4/g++-4. Cygwin symlinks aren't transparent to non-Cygwin programs though, hence you need to invoke the version you want directly.

Upvotes: 1

fefe
fefe

Reputation: 3442

Cygwin would create a shortcut in start menu called Cygwin Bash Shell. You don't have to set PATH if you use this.

Compilation tools like gcc and g++ is not installed by default, are you sure you've installed all of them?

btw: I also installed the ssh tool of Cygwin, which enables me to connect to Cygwin using other terminals like putty.

Upvotes: 3

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