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koala01:
Hi,

If you want, and if you have some interset for, you may compile your self the lastest version of gcc and binutils.

For sample, i'm curently running on nigthly build, with GCC 4.2.0, binutils 2.17, and lastest revisions of WxWidget and QT...

All that was by my self compiled  :)... but you have to know that it ask long time, depending from your computer  :P

You will then need
* a running compiler (like MinGW)
* maybe a minimal linux system (like MSYS, see MinGW)
* binutils sources (search it on GNU FTP)
* gcc sources (search it on GNU FTP)
* W32api sources
* maybe GMP and MPRF libraries sources (if you want enable fortran in your new compiler... see google ;))
* maybe png, jpeg, mng and other image libraries sources
* maybe z, tar and other compression libraries sources
* maybe some graphical libraries sources (like wxWidget, QT, GTK...)
* all other usefull stuff i forgoted :PYou can find more information about compiling binutils and GCC on MinGW wikipedia.

Hope it helps ;)
(PS sorry for my poor english, but i speek mostly french :P)

TDragon:
Or, you could visit the page linked in my signature and download an already-built version of GCC, and save yourself the trouble of building it. ;)

raph:

--- Quote from: 20-40 on July 14, 2007, 08:57:50 am ---
--- Quote from: k2dave on July 14, 2007, 12:25:35 am ---extract your unicode dll

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There is no such thing as unicode dll. Unicows (MSLU) library is outdated and static (libunicows.a, right?) and needed only in compiling for Win95/98. Newer (Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista) are unicode by nature.

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He meant wxWidgets unicode dll.

--- Quote from: 20-40 on July 14, 2007, 08:57:50 am ---No one whose IQ is above 92 don't need written "guide" for this ("installing" or upgrading)
  - if he/she needs one, I guess that strive for "writing programs" is passing one...
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Not necessarily. A person coming from vc++ (or other compiler) without linux background having never heard of binutils would probably have his problems.
Extracting files shouldn't be a problem, but deciding which one he needs and where he has to extract it to isn't that obvious.

--- Quote from: 20-40 on July 14, 2007, 08:57:50 am ---Beware, cmd.exe has auto-completion, which means you type 7z x bi<tab> and miraculously full line appears.
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If I remember it correctly, it is disabled by default (xp) and you have enable it by setting a registry value.

k2dave:

--- Quote ---No one whose IQ is above 92 don't need written "guide" for this ("installing" or upgrading)
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Isn't this exactly what was asked for in the first post?

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