Re: RE: Need gcc compiler download link for Windows Vista

[Benjamin Lindner]

> Thanks Tatsuro.  I downloaded and installed MinGW-4.1.6.exe from your
> first
> link.

That's the wrong one. It will give you a 3.x.x version of mingw gcc.
 
> I now have gcc, g++, g77, etc. (no g95 or gfortran) executables in the bin
> directory, but no ming32-gcc..., ming32-g++..., or ming32-gfortran...
> executables.  Were these particular files supposed to be downloaded? 
> There
> is no version number shown as part of the executable filename.  Did I
> install the wrong MinGW file?

Yes.
 
> To answer your previous question, I was trying to install the octave
> "time"
> and "miscellaneous" packages when it complained that I didn't have a
> compiler, hence my quest to find one.  I don't whether I will build any
> dynamically-linked functions...right now I just want to write a .m file
> that
> does some statistical analysis on an input data file, with possibly some
> .m
> function calls.  I'm not a savvy programmer when it comes to understanding
> how to install programs, so I appreciate your time and help!

If you just want these packages to use them, you can choose them at
installation time.
Just re-install octave and select the packages you want to have 
installed additionally.

The problem that "pkg install" does not work for you is possibly
caused by installing octave into a path that contains spaces (e.g.
c:\program files\octave)
Please install octave into a path without spaces, otherwise package
installation will not work.

benjamin
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