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codeblocks-8.02mingw-setup.exe 28 Feb 2008 ... do i have to update?
Denro:
i just saw now that i use the official version from 2008
two years old
is there a stable update some where out there?
am i totaly outdated?
where i get a stable update?
do i have to download the source and compile it?
is there a stable update version?
Seronis:
On the main page when you click to download a binary release the very first large note on the page says
--- Quote ---NOTE: There are also more recent nightly builds available in the forums.
--- End quote ---
Takes you straight to the 'nightly builds' section which is one of the main forum categories. Go there. Has instructions for downloading a precompiled build.
Seronis:
Just incase you cant figure it out from there....
1. make sure you still have a COMPILER when you uninstall your current C::B. i recommend This MinGW release.
2. download the nightly build here.
3. download the appropriate wxWidgets here and place it in the C::B folder you downloaded in step 2.
I think im gonna go check if we have a wiki article on this...
edit: yup we do here.
edit2: updated wiki to include most recent nightly.
Denro:
thanks ...
i allready saw this night builds and i did read there also something like..
"Normally they are pretty stable, but however they can introduce new bugs, regressions, and on the other hand they can introduce new features, bug fixes,"
i was not sure if they are stable or if they are like beta ... thats why i ask ;)
also the official download is pretty easy to install it contains MinGW and is somehow allready configured to work :)
i just ask to be sure ...
i am nw to all of this ... so thank you if you are patient with me ;)
i did download a tutorial for programming
then i did download VisualC ... but somehow everything was otherwise then the tutorial told me
so i did download dev-c++ ... there i had some problems with the compiler config
later i found dev-c++ with all integrated and preconfigured and everything did work well :D
then i did read that many people say C::B is great and that dev-c++ is in the zombie state ;(
so i did download c::b with all integrated :) and working :D
i did notice that it is realy cool but some things are not working ... like bugs
so i thoght maybe i have to update but have not found a official working release
so i saw this night builds and all the comments about bugs scared me somehow :(
after your post i am downloading now this tdm-mingw, cb_20100116 and wxmsw28u
i hope that it will just work without the need of anything and without bugs!
just because i dont realy know how i have to set up the compiler and so on
... to be on the sure side i will now write all compiler settings on a paper and so i hope i can restore them after the night upbate
maybe a little suggestion
to people as me totaly new to all this things, if i go to a site and see a download from 2008 i and i know that we have 2010 i will think that this app is out of date ... i mean its 2 years old
automaticaly i will search for the update and it not so simple to update as people maybe think
at least if i read about bugs in the night builds and downloading 3 different files and such things
i thoght maybe there is something that sounds more trusted then a kind of beta version
so maybe after 2 years its maybe a good idea to update the main download with a newer stable version ... i mean if it would be 6 month old i would maybe not think about updating but think that i am pretty up to date :D
but i will give now a try on what you told me :)
i hope it will work :)
Denro:
Ok i did more or less what you said :D...
i did download the mingw and install it to C: ... sadly the installer was not able to find the stable 3x version so i did install the unstable 4x version which is recomented but they say not stable ... how ever
then i did download the nicht build of c::b and i did overwrite all old files with the new ones ... somehow i think that was not normal ;) i did open every folder and replace old and new files ... the template wizard was like never ending :( lol
then i did overwrite the wxmsw dll
i did start c::b and it did work ... some butons look otherwise i did more like the ol blue run or build and run buttons ... how ever my syntax highligs did appear again as also the recendent files :) it did also a autodedection of the compiler :D and the hello world did also run :D
so until now everything is OK :D
and if it will get unstable i will blame you :D ;) ;p
( hope that i never have to update again ... after overwriting all files in all folders my hand needs a break )
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