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I'm trying to set up NetBeans IDE on my Vista Home, and have a choice between those two compilers. Which one would you choose? I also want to have Code::Blocks.
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A full install of code::blocks would have installed a version of MinGW.
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Hello,
In my opinion you can install MinGW and install Eclipse, but if you want to use NetBeans or other IDE you need to have MinGW.
In my opinion you can install MinGW and install Eclipse, but if you want to use NetBeans or other IDE you need to have MinGW.
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I had already installed cygwin, but based on your recommendations I deleted it and installed Code::Blocks with MiniGW. Code::Blocks appears to be working now. Then I tried to configure NetBeans to work with the MiniGW that's in Code::Blocks directory. The problem now is that there is no make.exe in that directory. So being the smart ass that I am I downloaded GNU Make for Windows, configured NetBeans to use that program. Apparently that version of make doesn't like the makefiles that NetBeans generates because it produced some sort of error.
Anyone have a solution to this problem? Or know why a make.exe program was not installed with MiniGW?
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make: *** [.validate-impl] Error 255
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There is a make.exe in the msys directory which is installed alongside the mingw directory.
That's where I found a make.exe anyway, though I'm not clear on what the installation steps were to get it.
That's where I found a make.exe anyway, though I'm not clear on what the installation steps were to get it.
There are differences in the make between POSIX and Windows, as well as some problems with the MSYS make (which is POSIX, AFAIK).
You should be using your ~MinGW\bin\mingw32-make.exe program when compiling in the non-POSIX (Windows native) environment, and the ~MSYS\...\bin\make.exe program when compiling under the MSYS POSIX environment.
Hope this helps.
You should be using your ~MinGW\bin\mingw32-make.exe program when compiling in the non-POSIX (Windows native) environment, and the ~MSYS\...\bin\make.exe program when compiling under the MSYS POSIX environment.
Hope this helps.
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