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Documented how to call a compiler by alias using Path on MS-Windows.

David Piuva 9 months ago
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 Download and install a mingw edition of CodeBlocks from their website. <A href="http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26#windows">www.codeblocks.org/downloads</A>
 Download and install a mingw edition of CodeBlocks from their website. <A href="http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26#windows">www.codeblocks.org/downloads</A>
 This is the easiest way to install GNU's C++ compiler g++ on Windows, but CodeBlocks can also be used as a debugger if you create a project with the same source code, backends and compiler flags.
 This is the easiest way to install GNU's C++ compiler g++ on Windows, but CodeBlocks can also be used as a debugger if you create a project with the same source code, backends and compiler flags.
 
 
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+Open sysdm.cpl - Advanced - System variables - Path.
+Append your path to the folder containing g++.exe so that writing g++ in cmd.exe finds g++.exe.
+If you for example installed it at C:\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin\g++.exe, you add C:\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin; after the previous ; at the end of Path.
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 Open CMD.exe, go to the Source\tools\wizard folder and execute build_windows.bat from the same folder.
 Open CMD.exe, go to the Source\tools\wizard folder and execute build_windows.bat from the same folder.
 This makes sure that the build system can be found using relative paths.
 This makes sure that the build system can be found using relative paths.

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 Download and install a mingw edition of CodeBlocks from their website. <A href="http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26#windows">www.codeblocks.org/downloads</A>
 Download and install a mingw edition of CodeBlocks from their website. <A href="http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26#windows">www.codeblocks.org/downloads</A>
 This is the easiest way to install GNU's C++ compiler g++ on Windows, but CodeBlocks can also be used as a debugger if you create a project with the same source code, backends and compiler flags.
 This is the easiest way to install GNU's C++ compiler g++ on Windows, but CodeBlocks can also be used as a debugger if you create a project with the same source code, backends and compiler flags.
 
 
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+Open sysdm.cpl - Advanced - System variables - Path.
+Append your path to the folder containing g++.exe so that writing g++ in cmd.exe finds g++.exe.
+If you for example installed it at C:\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin\g++.exe, you add C:\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin; after the previous ; at the end of Path.
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 </P><P>
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 <IMG SRC="Images/SmallDot.png">
 <IMG SRC="Images/SmallDot.png">
 Open CMD.exe, go to the Source\tools\wizard folder and execute build_windows.bat from the same folder.
 Open CMD.exe, go to the Source\tools\wizard folder and execute build_windows.bat from the same folder.