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| <h1 id="topOfPage">Setting up MinGW-w64</h1> |
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| <h2>Install MinGW-w64</h2> |
| <p><a href="http://www.mingw-w64.org/" target="_blank">MinGW-w64</a> comprises development tools for compiling and debugging. |
| Download the Mingw-w64 Installer from <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/" target="_blank">here</a> and follow the steps in the wizard. |
| It is essential that the installation path does not contain any spaces. |
| Therefore, you cannot install MinGW-w64 in Program Files. |
| We recommend to create a folder mingw-w64 on your system drive (e.g., C:\mingw). |
| Install a current version and specify <span class="button4diac">win32</span> as thread when requested. |
| Additionally, choose the architecture <span class="button4diac">x86_64</span>.</p> |
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| <p>After installing, you need to edit the PATH variable. |
| You can access the System Control Center by pressing <span class="button4diac">Windows Key + Pause</span>. |
| In the System window, click <span class="button4diac">Advanced System Settings → Advanced (tab) → Environment Variables</span>. |
| For Windows 10, a quick access is to enter "Edit the system environment variables" in the Start Search of Windows and click the button "Environment Variables". |
| Change the PATH variable (double-click on it or Select and <span class="button4diac">Edit</span>), and add the path where your MinGW-w64 has been installed to e.g., <span class="folderLocation">C:\mingw\mingw64\bin</span>. |
| This folder should contain a number of .exe-files that you can see in your Explorer.</p> |
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| <h2>Test MinGW-w64</h2> |
| <p>Open the command prompt of Windows either via the Program Menu or type <span class="button4diac">cmd</span> in the Start Search of Windows. |
| Enter: |
| <div class="code"><span class="inlineCode">g++ --version</div> |
| If version information of the compiler is displayed, it was successful and you can continue with the next section. </p> |
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| <p>If you get an error such as "Command g++ not found", then something went wrong. |
| In this case, verify that the PATH variable was successfully set and directs to the correct installation path. |
| Additionally, open a new command prompt and try to execute the command again. |
| If you try to reinstall, do not forget to restart the command prompt again (it does not update automatically). |
| If this does not help, please ask for advice in the <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=308">Forum</a>. |
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| <h2>Change name of the make executable</h2> |
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| <p>In your installation folder, inside the <span class="folderLocation">bin</span> directory, you should find a file called <span class="fileLocation">mingw32-make.exe</span>. |
| Create a copy of the file in the same directory named <span class="fileLocation">make.exe</span>. |
| This is because this file is the one you will use to compile 4diac FORTE, and "make" is the command used for that throughout the documentation.</p> |
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| <h2>Next steps</h2> |
| <p>Now that you successfully installed a compiler, you can continue with the next step of the <a href="../../html/installation/install.html#FORTEsteps">installation tutorial</a>. |
| All information in the installation tutorial is based on a setup with MinGW-w64. |
| For users with previous experience in building a 4diac FORTE, the details are listed: |
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| <li>When generating files for compiling in CMake, the tool "Unix Makefiles" has to be selected.</li> |
| <li>Also the architecture option needs to be set in CMake: The correct FORTE_ARCHITECTURE is Win32</li> |
| <li>When compiling, open the Windows command line and go to the folder, where CMake built the binaries. |
| Execute the command make to compile.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h1 id="whereToGoFromHere">Where to go from here?</h1> |
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| <p>If you want to build a 4diac FORTE, here is a quick link back:</p> |
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| <p><a href="../../html/installation/install.html">Install Eclipse 4diac</a></p> |
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| <p>If you want to go back to the Start Here page, we leave you here a fast access</p> |
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| <p><a href="../../html/startHere/startHere.html">Start Here page</a></p> |
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