Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/09/12/22:19:54
I'm having trouble using setup to install gcj (gcc-java) on my Windows
2000 SP4 box. There are several versions of it available in setup, and
I don't seem to be able to get all the parts of the version I want
installed. It's confusing to me, and I think it's confusing setup too,
with the result of a 100% repeatible crash.
I _think_ what I want is gcc-java 3.4.1-1. When I do manage to get it
installed, gcc --version shows:
gcj (GCC) 3.4.1 (cygming special)
What I want to do is build a Win32-native executable from Java source,
without dependencies on the cygwin dll or X11. However, when I try to
compile a "Hello World" program, I get this error:
$ gcj Hello.java
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.1/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
cannot find -lgcc
What that seems to indicate is that I don't have all the parts of gcc
installed, at least not all the right versions. Unfortunately, setup
seems to also know about versions 3.3.3-3, 20040810-1 and 20040822-1 of
various bits.
I think what I need to get -lgcc is version 3.4.1-1 of gcc-core. What I
have currently is 3.3.3-3. Under the "New" column in setup right now,
it says "Keep". So I click it until it says 3.4.1-1. So far so good.
Unfortunately, gcc-java is 3.4.1, but under "New" it says 3.3.3-3. If I
let the installer proceed, it will remove gcj 3.4.1 (cygming special)
and replace it with gcj 3.3.3 (cygwin special). I've experienced this
several times. So I click in the New column for gcj-java to try to
change it to keep:
Program Error
setup.exe has generated erros and will be closed by Windows.
You will need to restart the program.
An error log is being created.
I couldn't find an error log. I used the Find Files Windoze tool to
look for one. Do you know where it might be?
I've spent over an hour on this, and despite my best efforts I have not
been able to succeed in installing all the parts I need of gcj/gcc
3.4.1-1. Either -lgcc is missing, or version 3.3.3-3 gets installed, or
setup crashes. There are some other ways to crash it, all involving
trying to get the right version of everything selected in the dialog.
If I can get this to work, I'm going to try to help get a Win32 native
version of iRATE radio built. Version 0.4 is going to be ready soon.
We had a lot of downloads of version 0.2, but not so many of 0.3. I
think maybe the reason was that 0.2 was built for windows with gcj, but
0.3 was not, because we couldn't get a good native build.
http://irate.sourceforge.net/
Of course, Windows users could use irate with Sun's java VM, but my
impression is that few of them are willing or able to install it.
If you can help me get gcj 3.4.1-1 installed, you'd be doing the irate
developers (and new Windows users) a big favor.
Thanks for your help!
Michael D. Crawford
GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting
http://www.goingware.com/
crawford AT goingware DOT com
Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow.
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