How to fully install cygwin, and how to install gcc so it runs without cygwin

[NleahciM]

Hi - I battled with this a year ago and somebody finally showed me how - and now my cygwin install is both out of date and is crashing occasionally, so it's time for a reinstall. Can somebody remind me how to do a *full* cygwin install? I get to the screen where you're supposed to choose packages - and I remember it was something completely unintuitive to do a full install - but I can't remember what it was.

Also - is it possible to run gcc under windows xp without cygwin? I still want to install cygwin as I use it for other things - but my memory is that it's possible to run gcc under dos. Is that correct? How does one do that?

Thanks!

 

[mundane]

For the second question, are you looking for something like MiniGW http://www.mingw.org/ ?

 

[NleahciM]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
For the second question, are you looking for something like MiniGW http://www.mingw.org/ ?

Is that what is needed? I'd like to be able to do two things:

A. compile really basic programs that run under dos

and

B. compile programs that come complete with header files and all that stuff

 

[mundane]

It looks like it will be acceptable - you should be able to compile programs that'll run under the Win32 command line. From their FAQ

MinGW ("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") refers to a set of runtime headers, used in building a compiler system based on the GNU GCC and binutils projects. It compiles and links code to be run on Win32 platforms... providing C, C++ and Fortran compilers plus other related tools.

 

[NleahciM]

OK I'll take a look at that then.

But does anybody know how to install cygwin? I just can't seem to figure it out - it would seem easy - but it isn't. It's some wierd option, I just don't remember where that option is.