[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have recently downloaded the following version of g++
>
> gcc-g++-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz
Why not a recent release?
> I extracted all the files, and tried to compile the following simple
> script;
>
> #include "iostream.h"
> int main()
> {
> cout << "Hello...\n";
> }
Okay, if you expect that to compile, you also need to update your own
knowledge of C++. I suggest you take a look at the book reviews at ACCU's
and use a prepackaged, binary release of the compiler, e.g. DevC++ or
mingw32.
#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>
int main() {
std::cout << "Cheers!" << std::endl;
}
> I used the following command
>
> g++ hello.C -o hello
Two things:
1. Windows doesn't differ between .c and .C, you would be better off to use
the equally common .cpp for C++ code.
2. Never compile without warnings, for g++ 3 that would be -W -Wall and for
g++ 4 it would be -W -Wextra.
> my past experiences with gcc (very dated) was that you added a number
> of folders to the path statement via the autoexec.bat file. I
> searched the newsgroups for a list of the folders to add but could not
> locate this information. I also noted that while Windows NT used an
> autoexec.nt file as a replacement for autoexec.bat, XP does not appear
> to have a similar file. SO I am assuming I would have to add this
> string to the environment variable under My Compuer-Properties-
> Advanced-Environment Variables
This installation technique was probably geared at DJGPP and rather suited
to DOS systems (it ran on win9x because they were largely DOS-based).
Use mingw32, this binary distribution already gives you everything,
including a compiler and some other tools. In any case you have everything
in order to compile programs together.
Uli
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