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Another call for an RC3 installer
HugoRune:
I would just like to add my voice to the call for an installer after wasting an hour trying to get the nightly build to work.
First of all I managed to find the wiki on installing nightly builds
I downloaded 7zip
Downloaded the MinGW 5.0.3 installer but that couldn't manage to connect.
Downloaded 5.0.2 installer (telling it not to upgrade) and managed to install from a different mirror that actually worked. Does this include GDB?
Downloaded and installed CB nightly build - extracted it into a folder in Program files
Downloaded mingw10m.dlland put it into the same folder as codeblocks.exe - assume this is where it goes as documentation is not clear about this
Dowloaded and installed wxmsw26_gcc_cb.dll and put this into same folder as codeblocks.exe as recommended in the documentation.
Ran codeblocks.exe
Got the error message "This application has failed to start because wxmsw26u_gcc_cb.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem".
Now I could start trying to fart around with my path settings to see if that would fix it.
I could sit around wondering if the problem is because the filename in the error message has a letter 'u' in it which is not present in the actual filename of the dll that I downloaded.
Or I could just download RC2 because I know that it works.
I don't think I am a particularly inept potential new user. I am not desperate to be part of an alpha testing team, I just want something that works. If I could get the latest release (or at least a recent release going) I would be happy to report any bugs that I found but I can't even get off the ground at the moment. If there was a basic installer that put the framework place, I could even drop new nightly builds into that, but at the moment that does not exist.
Biplab:
You downloaded wrong runtime library. Please download the correct library from the following link.
--- Code: (html4strict) ---http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/wxmsw26u_gcc_cb_wx2.6.3p2.7z
--- End code ---
This will solve your problem.
When I first landed to this site, I also thought the project is dead. RC2 was too old. But after I found the Nightly link, I download the latest builds almost regularly. I also feel there should be a RC3 release. This would help newbies in selecting an appropriate version to download. Anyway there are discussions going on in another thread, you may put your point there. :D
Regards,
Biplab Kumar Modak
HugoRune:
Thanks for pointing me to the dll
However, this is not the dll that is indicated in the wiki installation notes. The 24th november nightly build announcement also links to the wrong one!
Is this not an indication that an installer is needed?
HugoRune:
ARRRGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
OK now I managed to get someone to point me to the correct dll (thanks again) but what about GDB?
Doesn't the minGW installer include GDB? Do I need to install that separately? Where do I get that from? What settings do I need to use?
I have to ask if the developers are trying to create a tool that other people will find easy and convenient to use, or is it just a toy for them to play with? Sorry if I appear to be a bit aggressive, but I am very frustrated at the moment. Is codeblocks going the same way as devc++?
mandrav:
--- Quote ---Sorry if I appear to be a bit aggressive, but I am very frustrated at the moment.
--- End quote ---
Don't mind us, you can insult us for as long as you want. That's what we 're here for: take insults for something we 're doing for free. As a matter of fact we 're trying hard to make everything to be sooo difficult so that you have no chance of making it work.
Keep it coming please.
When you 're done blaming every human on earth except you and it's not fun anymore, you might want to carefully read the instructions for installing a nightly build or ask politely for help. It's no nuclear physics, hundreds/thousands of people have installed a nightly build before you. This alone should get you thinking...
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