Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-Id: <199911111704.LAA07008@mercury.xraylith.wisc.edu> To: Viswanath Bandi cc: cygwin mailing list Subject: Re: cygwin binaries without cygwin1.dll -- is it possible? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:09:03 +0530." <382AB8E7.769D1872@txc.stpn.soft.net> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:04:05 -0600 From: Mumit Khan Viswanath Bandi writes: > Hello Mumit, > > After the given by you and Tim, I was able to build gas > with host = i586-pc-cygwin32 and target = mips-mips-elf. > It is working fine. > > I am just wondering if we can use these executables > without getting cygwin installed? i.e., if I don't have > cygwin tools installed and I have only these > executables(as.exe & gasp.exe). Is it possible? > If possible, how it can be done? > > When I tried to run them independently, it is giving error > that it can't fine "cygwin1.dll". > Just copy the cygwin1.dll and put it into the binary directory. That's all it takes. You can just the cygwin1.dll from Cygwin site (ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/). Cygwin applications cannot be linked statically (partly by design, and partly due to various practical considerations). Regards, Mumit -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com