how to remedy mno cygwin error? - gcc

I'm working on compiling a library in windows with GCC and Make.
When I run make, I get the following error:
unrecognized command line option '-mno-cygwin'
I saw this post on SO, but it doesn't necessarily seem like the same issue, and I don't understand how to downgrade my system to a version of GCC (or Make) that supports the flag I need to use in order to compile.
Could someone please try to point me in the right direction, or if you've run into this problem offer a solution?
I'm running Windows 8.1 pro, GCC 5.4.0, make 4.2.1.
I can post more info if it is necessary to help me.

The current cygwin gcc compiles only for cygwin itself.
-mno-cygwin is an obsolete flag from gcc 3.x time that allowed the cygwin compiler to compile mingw (not cygwin) programs.
The switch was removed long time ago and true cross compilers
mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core
mingw64-i686-gcc-core
cygwin-mingw
were made available
Latest update:
https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-11/msg00020.html

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C compiler cannot create executables - Cygwin/MiniGW

I'm trying to compile Pyaudio, (a Python module) from source, since I'm using Windows, and only 32-bit binaries are available - I need 64. Following these instructions I downloaded Cygwin, and installed every component, to be safe. Installing Portaudio, another module, is required first.
When I run CFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" LDFLAGS="-mno-cygwin" ./configure, I get the error configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables. See 'config.log' for more details. config.log has an additional line below that message: gcc: The -mno-cygwin flag has been removed; use a mingw-targeted cross-compiler.
This leads me to believe that perhaps Cygwin is using the wrong compiler; the instructions are for using MinGw with Cygwin, but I never specified minigw in the process. I also wonder if there's something in the PyAudio build files that needs to be changed for 64-bit. I know nothing about C, compiling, Cygwin or MinGW, and am new to programming in general. Any ideas? Any other information I can provide?
Current versions of Cygwin gcc do not support -mno-cygwin anymore because it never really worked correctly. Instead, you should use a proper cross-compiler, which is provided by the mingw64-i686-gcc packages, then run ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32.
In some cases it is an antivirus that is causing problems.
I had avast and had to disable it.

Ada compiler not installed on this system error after make in Fedora 16

I installed gcc 4.3.4 fine one fedora16 but my problem is to run ada program got error Ada compiler not installed on this system. I think it crashes because of installed old version of gcc on gcc 4.6.3. How to overcome this problem?
Thanks in advance
It is absolutely no problem to install multiple version of gcc. The problem is that the Ada compiler gnat depends on a specific gcc, e.g., gnat-4.x depends on gcc-4.x-
The file /usr/bin/gcc should be a symlink to the default gcc. Changing the symlink to
the proper gcc (/usr/bin/gcc-4.6) can fix your problem.
^^^^^^^
proper gcc for gnat-4.6
If changing the symling does not work, reinstall (remove+install) the Ada compiler (gnat) again.

Using non-apple g++ on Mac OSX Lion

Is it possible to use the stock (non-apple) version of g++ on Mac OSX 10.7? I want to be able to use the stock g++ without running a virtual linux box on my mac. The reason I want to do this is because apple's version of g++ doesn't warn you when there are unused variables and etc. I'm doing some assessed C++ problems in my numerical methods course and I want to make sure I'm not making any mistakes.
It was suggested I make a symbolic link to a linux version of g++ for compiling the code for the assessments. How do I go about doing that?
Thanks
A linux version of the compiler will not work on what is (essentially) a bsd port.
Are you sure that the current version of g++ cannot warn on the conditions you expect?
Finally, if #2 is true, there is nothing stopping you from getting another version of g++ (compiled for MacOSX) that doesn't have this issue.
A binary for g++ for Linux won't run on MacOSX.
You could compile GCC from its source code; use the latest release i.e. 4.6.2. But that requires some work. Be sure to follow the installation instructions, in particular care about dependencies (like PPL & Cloog) and configure (appropriately) and compile in a build tree outside of the source tree.

MinGW GCC -- Single 32-bit and 64-bit cross-compiler?

I've downloaded MinGW with mingw-get-inst, and now I've noticed that it cannot compile for x64.
So is there any 32-bit binary version of the MinGW compiler that can both compile for 32-bit Windows and also for 64-bit Windows?
I don't want a 64-bit version that can generate 32-bit code, since I want the compiler to also run on 32-bit Windows, and I'm only looking for precompiled binaries here, not source files, since I've spent countless hours compiling GCC and failing, and I've given up for a while. :(
AFAIK mingw targets either 32 bit windows or 64 bit windows, but not both, so you would need two installs. And the latter is still considered beta.
For you what you want is either mingw-w64-bin_i686-mingw or mingw-w64-bin_i686-cygwin if you want to compile for windows 64. For win32, just use what you get with mingw-get-inst.
See http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64/wiki/download%20filename%20structure for an explanation of file names.
I realize this is an old question. However it's linked to the many times the question has been repeated.
I have found, after lots of research that, by now, years later, both compilers are commonly installed by default when installing mingw from your repository (i.e. synaptic).
You can check and verify by running Linux's locate command:
$ locate -r "mingw32.*[cg]++$"
On my Ubuntu (13.10) install I have by default the following compilers to choose from... found by issuing the locate command.
/usr/bin/amd64-mingw32msvc-c++
/usr/bin/amd64-mingw32msvc-g++
/usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-c++
/usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-g++
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-c++
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-g++
/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-c++
/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
Finally, the least you'd have to do on many systems is run:
$ sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw32
I hope the many links to this page can spare a lot of programmers some search time.
for you situation, you can download multilib (include lib32 and lib64) version for Mingw64:
Multilib Toolchains(Targetting Win32 and Win64)
By default it is compiled for 64bit.You can add -m32 flag to compile for 32bit program.
But sadly,no gdb provided,you ought to add it manually.
Because according to mingw-64's todo list, gcc multilib version is done,but gdb
multilib version is still in progress,you could use it maybe in the future.
Support of multilib build in configure and in gcc. Parts are already present in gcc's 4.5 version by using target triplet -w64-mingw32.
gdb -- Native support is present, but some features like multi-arch support (debugging 32-bit and 64-bit by one gdb) are still missing features.
mingw-64-todo-list

g++ produce executable for windows

I am using gcc/g++ to compile c/c++ applications - living on OpenSuSe btw.
Is there any way (some option i guess) so that g++ will produce an executable suitable for windows ?
You can search for a mingw32 package in OpenSuSE (I know there is one for Debian) or install it manually. Then if you have a configure script the command line would be something like this in order to have make use the MinGW cross-compilation toolchain:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --target=i386-mingw32
mingw.org also has a tutorial on building a cross compiler, don't know if that works.
(As an aside: Some websites point to mirzam.it.vu.nl/mingw containing MinGW RPM packages but it seems like that site is down.)
You'll have to be running g++ on Windows to get a Windows executable out of the other end.
Check out mingw or cygwin.
Check out MinGW Cross and related links:
http://www.nongnu.org/mingw-cross-env/#see-also

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