notes:mingw_compiler
MinGW Compiler
I have been using MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) to build my code for Windows platform. It has changed a bit since I last used it to build a cross compiler for my class. So, I want to keep a note on how I build using latest binaries. The project has moved here.
Installing MinGW:
- Get the 'package manager' from here
- version 0.6.3 (beta) at the moment
- I prefer the standalone binary (no setup)
- Pick a location and extract the zip file
- I choose
C:\Users\Public\Tool
- change the folder name so that we have
C:\Users\Public\Tool\mingw\bin\mingw-get.exe
- Prepare to use mingw-get binary
cd C:\Users\Public\Tool\mingw\var\lib\mingw-get\data\
copy defaults.xml profile.xml
- Open a command prompt and update catalogue
cd C:\Users\Public\Tool\mingw\bin\
mingw-get.exe update
- Get stuffs (compiler with Unix-like environment) without using GUI
mingw-get.exe install gcc g++ gmp mpfr mpc msys msys-wget-bin
- To get GUI interface install mingw-get (apparently, we are NOT running mingw-get! )
mingw-get.exe install mingw-get
- now, a window will come up when you run
mingw-get
Note20211207 Current software versions {gcc:9.2.0,binutils:2.32}
Some useful things to do:
- Get helper script(s) - I wrote that for personal use
- copy everything (except LICENSE, README.md and msys2.vbs) to
C:\Users\Public\Tool\mingw
- allows environment to be used on shared computer (no need for admin account)
- Running
msys.vbs
(*Hint*: double-click) will install (or remove if already installed) a pop-up context menu entry (MinGW Shell) whenever you right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer- edit
C:\Users\Public\Tool\mingw\msys\1.0\etc\profile
and comment (place '#' at the beginning of) the last line withcd $HOME
command
- To have git in MinGW shell, install Git-for-Windows at
C:\Users\Public\Tool\Git
- edit
C:\Users\Public\Tool\mingw\msys\1.0\etc\profile
and insertPATH=“/c/users/public/tool/git/bin:$PATH”
before the block containing anexport PATH
line(s)
- Running
mingw-setup.bat
sets up normal command prompt for command-line compilation- place
mingw-term.bat
script in any folder - when executed, it will open a command prompt (with MinGW path properly configured) in that folder
- Running
mingw-clear.bat
cleans up settings created bymingw-setup.bat
Installing wxWidgets
This is what I recommend to my students when developing cross-platform GUI solution. I now compile from source because I can never completely download the pre-built binaries… problem with my uni's network maybe?
Obviously, MinGW must already be installed.
- Get the source file from here
- since we are compiling on MinGW, get the 'source for Linux…' (I got wxWidgets-3.0.3.tar.bz2)
- extract (can be done in MinGW shell:
tar xf <file>
)
- Compile… (note: '$' is the prompt)
$ ./configure --prefix=/c/Users/Public/Tool/wxwidgets --disable-shared $ make $ make install
work in progress…
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