Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/10/28/05:30:21
Eric Tucker <albigore AT bellsouth DOT net> writes:
> can u explain how fat GNU is. and is it the compiler? or did i
> mis-interpret it
> it started as a search for extra libs, tool kits and such but then got
> overwhelming i found - gnu, gcc, mingw32, cygwin, amulet and a bunch of
> others. can i use all of these with djgpp? yes im some-what a newbie.
No. Many of them are completely independent, such as mingw32 and
cygwin. You might want to limit your frenzied search for extra
libraries until you realize that you actually need them, otherwise you
will (as you've found) accumulate a lot of unrelated and useless
junk. :)
Generally speaking:
GNU is a project to write all sorts of free software. One piece of
this is gcc, the Gnu C Compiler, which can run on many different
platforms. Mingw32 is a particular package of gcc for Windows; Cygwin
is another, and each have some added features of their own (such as
libraries). DJGPP is similar, except for DOS. I don't know what
amulet is.
> i also got 2 1/2 os's - lunix & windows98 +(dos), is it possible to
> partition a section of drive say 16 bit in dos, and have windows(dos)
> and lunix all feed off from that partition. so that way i don't have to
> install or make on two other partitions. i don't think lunix has a c
> compiler on it. or i could not find one. (dumb ass me)
Any sane Linux (I assume this is what you mean, despite your spelling)
distribution should include gcc for a C compiler. Check that you've
installed it.
You don't want to do this anyway, since the set of things that could
be shared between a Windows/DOS and a Linux installation of gcc would
be (a) small, and (b) hard to sort out. Just install the right
compiler for each system.
> and why is it that lunix can read windows file system yet windows can't
> read lunix?
Because Linux developers felt motivated to support reading Windows
filesystems, but Windows developers didn't feel motivated to support
Linux filesystems.
> is there a patch file i can get a hold of to solve this.?
No. I believe there is some sort of program for accessing Linux ext2
filesystems from Windows, but I've heard of it causing all manner of
problems (including destruction of the entire filesystem in
question). Be very careful, if you decide to use this.
> this is where i got my idea of having a separate partition for the
> compiler.
>
> i tried and could not figure out how to install gnu compiler in lunix
> would you know how if i can't do the above.
What distribution are you using?
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Nate Eldredge
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