Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of AdvancedInstall

Timestamp:

2010-05-06T01:14:47Z (14 years ago)

Author:

davidsarah

Comment:

explain how to work around Gnu as 2.20 bug

AdvancedInstall

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 If the build or install steps result in an error that says a compiler is needed, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows:
 
-1. Download and install MinGW from  http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/MinGW%205.1.4/MinGW-5.1.4.exe/download. The installer will prompt you for what components to install. You need the base components plus g++.
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-2. Configure distutils to use MinGW. To configure distutils to use mingw32, create a file called "distutils.cfg" in C:\Python25\lib\distutils, and put in that file:
+1. Download and install MinGW from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ (the main installer linked from the big green download button). The installer will prompt you for what components to install. You need the base components plus g++.
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+2. Versions 5.1.x of MinGW have a bug in the bundled Gnu assembler. If typing "{{{as --version}" at the command line gives "{{{GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.20}}}", then you have an affected version. To fix this, download [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GNU%20Binutils/binutils-2.19.1/binutils-2.19.1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz/download binutils-2.19.1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz], and extract it into the MinGW installation directory, overwriting the existing files. Then do "{{{as --version}}}" again and check that the result is "{{{GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.19.1}}}.
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+3. Configure distutils to use MinGW. To configure distutils to use mingw32, create a file called "distutils.cfg" in C:\Python25\lib\distutils, and put in that file:
 
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