Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/06/28/20:06:13
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From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for gcc.exe
> On 6/28/2010 10:01 AM, Stephen Morton wrote:
>> "Sisyphus"<sisyphus1 at optusnet ...> Wrote:
>>> I've just installed a fresh "CYGWIN_NT-6.0-WOW64 desktop2
>>> 1.7.5(0.225/5/3) 2010-04-12 19:07 i686 Cygwin", including gcc-4
>>> (4.3.4-3).
>>>
>>> According to http://cygwin.com/packages/ there should be an executable
>>> named gcc.exe in there - but I see only gcc-4.exe. As a quick fix I've
>>> created a copy of gcc-4.exe named gcc.exe, and I expect that will work
>>> ok. (I've also done the same wrt cpp-4.exe, g++-4.exe and gcov-4.exe.)
>>> Is that what we're supposed to do ? ... or did I miss something ?
>>>
>>
>> You need to add /etc/alternatives to your path.
>
> There is always a symbolic link in '/usr/bin'
> for 'gcc' if it's been properly installed.
Well ... I did have some doubts as to whether it was installed correctly,
though everything seemed fine apart from the absence of "gcc", etc.
However, I don't have a /usr/bin folder. And no /etc/alternatives either.
> There's no need to clutter your
> path regardless though. Just run 'sh /bin/set-gcc-default-4.sh' if you're
> missing '/usr/bin/gcc'.
bash-3.2# sh /bin/set-gcc-default-4.sh
/bin/set-gcc-default-4.sh: line 7: /usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or
directory
/bin/set-gcc-default-4.sh: line 7: /usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or
directory
/bin/set-gcc-default-4.sh: line 7: /usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or
directory
/bin/set-gcc-default-4.sh: line 7: /usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or
directory
I'll wipe the current Cygwin installation and do it again (hopefully I can
get it done right next time :-)
Everything I've tried seems to be working quite well, but there's bound to
be ramifications down the track if I don't fix it up properly.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Rob
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