GCC 6.2.0 Cant download it

[CosminPerRam]

Hi guys, i wanna do an lynda C++ basic tutoarial, at beginning it says that i need to download the latest version of GCC self extraction exe file (64 bit) from this website http://www.equation.com/servlet/equation.cmd?fa=fortran (THIS IS NOT AN AD!) and i cant download it, i searched on google and i dont found an download for GCC self extracting exe file! Anyone can help me? Please fast! Thanks in advance!

[TheIdeasMan]

Hi

Why can't you download?

Try this from the gcc site:

https://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html

Otherwise, it's possible to download it and build the whole thing yourself - that will take awhile though. There are instructions on the site on how to configure that.

Edit:

The latest version is at least 6.3.1

A couple of months ago I built version 7.0

[CosminPerRam]

Can you provide me an auto installer, to install it directly? Thanks in advance

[TheIdeasMan]

Can you load the binary I linked? - it's not too bad to do. Try the cygwin link. Sometimes one has to do a little work to get things done :+)

[CosminPerRam]

Thanks, i'll try the cygwin, i searched on the box gcc and selected all the things that resulted, i'll give an update after the instalation is complete, also, do you have an e-mail or steam account? I wanna talk with you about C++ :)

[TheIdeasMan]

do you have an e-mail or steam account? I wanna talk with you about C++ :)

Sorry I don't do that, just ask your questions here. That is better because you get replies from all the people, including the experts, not just one - who could be a back yard basher like me :+D.

[JLBorges]

> Can you provide me an auto installer, to install it directly? Thanks in advance

MinGW: GCC 6.3.0 with bundled boost 1.63.0 https://nuwen.net/mingw.html

[CosminPerRam]

Thank you +TheIdeasMan for providing me the cygwin, it worked!
Thanks also + SLBorges, this worked too!

[TheIdeasMan]

Glad to see it worked :+)

Have a play with the cygwin - it's just like a Linux shell - there are plenty of things to learn there.

If you are really courageous, you could try having a full Linux installation on your computer. You will need at least a spare disk partition, or even a spare drive. One can download Linux and put it on a USB memory stick, and play with it, without having to install.

Good Luck !!

[jonnin]

Cygwin is a little more, it can be rigged with your path to work in a dos shell, and you can then mix and match unix and dos commands in a batch file or do unix things at a command prompt. You don't have to live in their shell console program.