Thread: [Dev-C++] Dev-CPP with Mingw

I just started using the package, and I must say I'm pretty impressed so
far.  Very nice stuff in general.

However I have one issue that may or may not be a real bug, depending on how
you view it.  When compiling any C++ program, you have to add the mingw
directory to the include list manually.  This is probably because dev-cpp
tries to be compiler-agnostic, but since mingw is packaged in, it should be
reasonable to expect that you could build a small program right "out of the
box" so to speak.

As it stands, not even a "hello world" program will build unless you first
manually add the include/c++/mingw32 directory into the include search list.
I would call that a bug, although not a serious one.

Tim Trischuk, Project Manager, Intelsat
(202) 944 7053
FAX 295 5152, www.intelsat.com
mailto:tim...@in...



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Hi!

tim...@in... wrote:
> As it stands, not even a "hello world" program will build unless you first
> manually add the include/c++/mingw32 directory into the include search list.
> I would call that a bug, although not a serious one.

Well, I have MinGW installed separately, and it's /bin directory is 
added to my PATH environment variable, and everything works fine.
Your problem happens, because the include files are not there, where gcc 
expects them to be.
My separate MinGW install has the following dirs:
/bin
/include
/lib
/doc
etc...

So gcc looks for it's DEFAULT includes in /bin/../include/stdio.h etc. 
It is it's default include searching path, but in Dev-C++ the includes 
are separated, and gcc cannot find them, unless it is explicitly 
specified. This is why even a simple "hello world" program needs 
explicitly set includes.
If this annoys you, I recommend you to download MinGW from
http://www.mingw.org
install it, and add it's /bin dir to your PATH. If you do this, you 
won't need to set ANYTHING at all, not even the exe paths, as they will 
be alway present.

Another solution would be to attach a config file to the
(Dev+MinGW together) release, where these includes are already set.
(Although it wouldn't be needed for the Dev only release).

This is my own guess.
--
Greetings,
   Balázs

You can set it at once in the compiler options dialog (Under Tools menu)

tim...@in... wrote:

>I just started using the package, and I must say I'm pretty impressed so
>far.  Very nice stuff in general.
>
>However I have one issue that may or may not be a real bug, depending on how
>you view it.  When compiling any C++ program, you have to add the mingw
>directory to the include list manually.  This is probably because dev-cpp
>tries to be compiler-agnostic, but since mingw is packaged in, it should be
>reasonable to expect that you could build a small program right "out of the
>box" so to speak.
>
>As it stands, not even a "hello world" program will build unless you first
>manually add the include/c++/mingw32 directory into the include search list.
>I would call that a bug, although not a serious one.
>
>Tim Trischuk, Project Manager, Intelsat
>(202) 944 7053
>FAX 295 5152, www.intelsat.com
>mailto:tim...@in...
>
>
>
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