X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4BABCD80.5050604@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:54:24 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin doesn't install gcc even though I select it References: <28032216.post@talk.nabble.com> <4BABA5C5.5010605@cygwin.com> <28033465.post@talk.nabble.com> <4BABB81E.4060504@cygwin.com> <28034118.post@talk.nabble.com> <4BABC76A.2040507@cygwin.com> <28034670.post@talk.nabble.com> In-reply-to: <28034670.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 3/25/2010 4:50 PM, steenreem wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> >> On 3/25/2010 3:59 PM, steenreem wrote: >>> Sorry I was unclear. "gcc4.exe" is also in /bin, together with >>> "gcc3.exe". >>> However there is no "gcc" symbolic link. I have tried copy and renaming >>> "gcc4.exe" to "gcc.exe" but that leads to the error "C compiler cannot >>> create executables" >> >> Reinstall gcc4 then. You're missing stuff for some reason. >> > > Ok I did that. There was still no "gcc" in /bin. However I did find the > files "set-gcc-default-3.sh" and "set-gcc-default-4.sh" there. I invoked > "./sh set-gcc-default-3.sh" from the bin directory inside cygwin. The > command ran but there is still no gcc file in /bin and I cannot run gcc > from cygwin. > > I just reinstalled cygwin today. I deleted the old folder and ran the > setup.exe from scratch. The previous cygwin installation did not always > have the missing gcc problem. Maybe something remaining from my old > installation has caused the current cygwin to not install correctly? Maybe. We'd need more information about your installation at least. See . -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple