minGWinstall

COSC-220 Data Structures
Fall 2003
Installing minGW

You can install MinGW on your own Windows PC. The installation files are available in two places:

On the K-drive (Henson/Cosc/Cosc220/Fall2003/MinGW)
On the web (http://www.mingw.org)

Here's how to do it using the K-drive files:

Copy the files from the K-drive to a Zip disk. You'll need about 15Meg of space on your Zip disk
Take the Zip disk to your own PC.

If you wish, read the download.html file in your favorite browser. It contains installation information. You may also enjoy reading the mingwfaq.html page. There is a README.txt file that contains instructions for installing MinGW on your Windows machine. Here's what you do on your own PC:

(a) make a folder c:\MinGW

   From MyComputer  or   Windows Explorer,  choose C: drive, then
   create new folder.
    
(b)   run MinGW_2_0_0_3.exe  It will start an install script.

   Double-click on the icon for MINGW_2_0_0_3.EXE

(c)  add   c:\MinGW\bin  to PATH 

    Bring up the file autoexec.bat in an editor (for example, Notepad)
    Add the following line to the file near the bottom
         set PATH=%PATH%;C:\mingw\bin

(d)  change the name of   c:\MinGW\bin\mingw32-make.exe    to
    c:\MinGW\bin\make.exe

(e)  Restart your machine.

Last modification September 10, 2003

COSC-220 Data StructuresFall 2003Installing minGW

COSC-220 Data Structures
Fall 2003
Installing minGW