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Title: GCC Compiler setup problem: "Cannot exec `as': No such file or directory"
Post by: AngleWyrm on May 16, 2007, 01:52:02 am
Hi,
Just tried installing MingW and a Nightly (D:/Prog/Mingw, D:/Prog/CodeBlocks). I've deleted the old Release Candidate and I'm guessing some path info is missing/wrong.

When I try to compile a project, I get an error message from mingw32-g++ that reads:
"Cannot exec `as': No such file or directory."

What is this `as', and where do I go to point the right path?
Title: Re: GCC Compiler setup problem: "Cannot exec `as': No such file or directory"
Post by: AngleWyrm on May 16, 2007, 02:17:10 am
Ok, figured it out; But I've left this post and answer in case anyone else has this problem.

as.exe is the MingW assembler program, and is included in the binutils distribution. I just had to download and extract that in my MingW directory, and now it works.
Title: Re: GCC Compiler setup problem: "Cannot exec `as': No such file or directory"
Post by: Deschamps on May 16, 2007, 03:27:56 pm
For future references...

Those who want to use MinGW on windows plattforms for C/C++ development, should download (http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml) and unzip (http://www.7-zip.org) all the related packages into the same folder ("C:\mingw", for instance). The current stable commonly needed official packages are:

gcc-core-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz (http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gcc-core-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz?download)
gcc-g++-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz (http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gcc-g++-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz?download)
mingw-runtime-3.9.tar.gz (http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/mingw-runtime-3.9.tar.gz?download)
mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz (http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz?download)
w32api-3.6.tar.gz (http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/w32api-3.6.tar.gz?download)
binutils-2.15.91-20040904-1.tar.gz (http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/binutils-2.15.91-20040904-1.tar.gz?download)
mingw32-make-3.80.0-3.tar.gz (http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/mingw32-make-3.80.0-3.tar.gz?download)
gdb-6.3-2.exe (http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gdb-6.3-2.exe?download) (beware that gdb current version in MinGW site is 5.2.1-1)

And don't forget to add <MINGW>\bin to your PATH (replacing <MINGW> with the folder where you unzipped the files, e.g.: C:\mingw or simmilar). That's all.

Regards.

Edit: wrong links :)
Edit again: Changed link for gdb-6.3.2

Title: Re: GCC Compiler setup problem: "Cannot exec `as': No such file or directory"
Post by: TDragon on May 16, 2007, 03:59:09 pm
Note that for debugging in Code::Blocks you will need gdb-6.3-2.exe, rather than the version you posted (5.2.1-1).
Title: Re: GCC Compiler setup problem: "Cannot exec `as': No such file or directory"
Post by: Deschamps on May 16, 2007, 04:05:19 pm
Quote
(..) you will need gdb-6.3-2.exe, rather than the version you posted (..)

I'm not sure about that.

Those packages are the ones i've installed in my Windows XP computer, and I can debug without problems (certainly, i only do simple debug, watching content for variables and so).

Code
D:\>gdb --version
GNU gdb 5.2.1
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU Gener
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-mingw32".
Title: Re: GCC Compiler setup problem: "Cannot exec `as': No such file or directory"
Post by: TDragon on May 16, 2007, 04:14:18 pm
See here (http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,5224.msg40724.html#msg40724), and here (http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,3831.msg30219.html#msg30219) -- there are issues with breakpoints, among other things, when using GDB 5.x.
Title: Re: GCC Compiler setup problem: "Cannot exec `as': No such file or directory"
Post by: Deschamps on May 16, 2007, 04:26:11 pm
Changed.
Thaks for the advice.