Question

I have an old project which i want to compile with the 4.1.2 version of GCC and G++. i have them downloaded, but i don’t know how to give it to the MINGW to use them as default c/c++ compilers.
Anyone know how to do it?

Answer 1

If you downloaded the whole package (gcc, binutils, runtime, win32api) from one release of MinGW (not required, but ensures compatibility), you can extract them some folder on your hard drive, say

C:\oldmingw

So that C:\oldingw\bin contains a gcc.exe.

Open a command prompt (type cmd.exe in the Vista/7 Orb search box or in the Windows “Run Command” dialog). Type

set PATH=C:\oldming\bin;%PATH%

Run

gcc -v

And ensure that the version reported is 4.1.2.

On linux, same thing, but the directory will be different, and your command to set PATH will be:

export PATH=/path/to/oldmingw:$PATH