* Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? @ 2000-09-28 0:00 John Kern 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Pascal Obry 0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: John Kern @ 2000-09-28 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) I can't convince myself that I have (the student version of) GNAT for windows installed correctly. Is the compiler meant to be simply a command line program from the DOS prompt? Are there any environment variables or PATH settings needed? I can't seem to compile the examples programs. AdaGide doesn't seem to be the answer (how do you tell AdaGide where the compilers are?). I thought I once saw a document explaining how to get both GNAT and JGNAT concurrently installed but I can't find it now. I had much better luck with DJGPP but at least there was a FAQ. Something along the lines of "The Big Online Book of Linux Ada Programming" ( http://www.vaxxine.com/pegasoft/homes/book.html ) for Windows would be just fine. Thanks ____________________________________________ John Kern Visteon Corporation Software Process Engineering (A641) - Development Tools 17000 Rotunda Drive Dearborn MI 48121 Drop: C360 Phone: (313) 75-53516 FAX: (313) 75-52553 E-Mail: jkern3@visteon.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? 2000-09-28 0:00 Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? John Kern @ 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison 2000-09-29 0:00 ` John Kern 2000-09-29 4:13 ` John Kern 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Pascal Obry 1 sibling, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Ted Dennison @ 2000-09-28 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) In article <39D384E4.E01FF21E@visteon.com>, jkern3@visteon.com wrote: > I can't convince myself that I have (the student version of) GNAT for > windows installed correctly. Is the compiler meant to be simply a > command line program from the DOS prompt? Are there any environment > variables or PATH settings needed? I can't seem to compile the > examples programs. AdaGide doesn't seem to be the answer (how do you What happens when you try it from the DOS prompt? Is it not finding "gnatmake", or failing during some step of the compile? Or is it working, but you'd rather have a GUI? -- T.E.D. http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison @ 2000-09-29 0:00 ` John Kern 2000-09-29 0:00 ` Ted Dennison 2000-09-29 4:13 ` John Kern 1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: John Kern @ 2000-09-29 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) Gautier sent me a batch file which sets the PATH, ADA_INCLUDE_PATH, and the ADA_OBJECTS_PATH which I can now run in a DOS window and successfully gnatmake hello Thank you kindly. I am now trying to get AdaGIDE to work. Another suggestion was to (manually) add the bin directory to the environment thru the NT Control panel->system->environment, but I now get a message: 'Unable to start compiler, Check path environment variable, Error code :2' when I press the compile (or build) button in AdaGIDE with hello.adb open. Did I need to also add ADA_OBJECTS_PATH and ADA_INCLUDE_PATH to the environment? How could I be the only one having these problems? Did I need to be logged on as Administrator for the install script to have automatically populated my environment? Ted Dennison wrote: > > In article <39D384E4.E01FF21E@visteon.com>, > jkern3@visteon.com wrote: > > I can't convince myself that I have (the student version of) GNAT for > > windows installed correctly. Is the compiler meant to be simply a > > command line program from the DOS prompt? Are there any environment > > variables or PATH settings needed? I can't seem to compile the > > examples programs. AdaGide doesn't seem to be the answer (how do you > > What happens when you try it from the DOS prompt? Is it not finding > "gnatmake", or failing during some step of the compile? Or is it > working, but you'd rather have a GUI? > > -- > T.E.D. > > http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? 2000-09-29 0:00 ` John Kern @ 2000-09-29 0:00 ` Ted Dennison 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Ted Dennison @ 2000-09-29 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) In article <39D4D4F6.89CC6821@visteon.com>, jkern3@visteon.com wrote: > Gautier sent me a batch file which sets the PATH, ADA_INCLUDE_PATH, > and the ADA_OBJECTS_PATH which I can now run in a DOS window and ,,, > open. Did I need to also add ADA_OBJECTS_PATH and ADA_INCLUDE_PATH to > the environment? Since the system I'm using right now is also an NT 4 (SP5) system, I'll check what I have.... I don't have either of those environment variables set. It looks like some keys got added to the registry. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE there's now a path "SOFTWARE/Ada Core Technologies/GNAT". Under that I have "3.13p" directory with nothing in it and a "Standard Libraries" directory with the key "WIN32" (REG_SZ type, value "C:\GNAT\Bindings\Win32Ada"). There may be more important keys that I didn't see though. > How could I be the only one having these problems? I don't think you are. I had a co-worker here (we all run NT4 here at work) who had trouble that I remember being much like yours. We never did figure out what the problem was. I think I had him uninstall his new Gnat, then his *old* gnat, then reinstall the new Gnat. But it may not have been the same problem. > Did I need to be logged on as Administrator for the install script to > have automatically populated my environment? You have to be logged on as a user in the Administrator's group. )If you don't know the difference, consider my answer a "yes"). I take it you weren't? Try uninstalling Gnat. Reboot, then check "Add/Remove programs" in your Control Panel. If you see another version of Gnat there, remove it and reboot again. Then log in as Administrator (if your account doesn't have administrator privs), and run the 3.13p installer. (Those of you using Unix exclusively are probably laughing your heads off by this point. I don't blame you.) -- T.E.D. http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison 2000-09-29 0:00 ` John Kern @ 2000-09-29 4:13 ` John Kern 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Al Christians 2000-09-29 0:00 ` Dr. Joachim Schr�er 1 sibling, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: John Kern @ 2000-09-29 4:13 UTC (permalink / raw) No, I'd rather have the command line version (call me an old timer defense programmer), but I will take the pretty colors. On a fresh install to a different computer, when I open cmd.exe and put the bin directory in the path, and I go to the examples directory and enter the command: gcc -c hello.adb I get the message: gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': Invalid argument gcc --version tho, returns 2.8.1 The command: make (after trying to run /bin/rm -f *.o ...) reports among other things make (e=3): The system cannot find the path specified gnatmake reports a dizzying list of options gnatmake hello reports the invalid argument to as as --version reports the FSF info and the target of `i386-pc-cygwin32' Any of this make any sense? Thanks Ted Dennison wrote: > > In article <39D384E4.E01FF21E@visteon.com>, > jkern3@visteon.com wrote: > > I can't convince myself that I have (the student version of) GNAT for > > windows installed correctly. Is the compiler meant to be simply a > > command line program from the DOS prompt? Are there any environment > > variables or PATH settings needed? I can't seem to compile the > > examples programs. AdaGide doesn't seem to be the answer (how do you > > What happens when you try it from the DOS prompt? Is it not finding > "gnatmake", or failing during some step of the compile? Or is it > working, but you'd rather have a GUI? > > -- > T.E.D. > > http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? 2000-09-29 4:13 ` John Kern @ 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Al Christians 2000-09-29 0:00 ` Dr. Joachim Schr�er 1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Al Christians @ 2000-09-28 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) Here is something to check vs what I have (pure guesswork by me): as.exe is in my \Gnat\Bin directory. I think that it is installed there by the gnat installer. \Gnat\Bin is included in the path in the 'system variables' part of the control panel..system..environment screen. I assume this was also set by the gnat installer. Because it is in the 'system variables' settings, I also think that you need to have administrator privileges during the install or the path won't get set. IDK what happens if you wind up with a different as.exe on your path ahead of the as.exe in the gnat\bin directory. I've also got cygwin on my machine, but I use a batch file to set up the cygwin environment when I want to use the gcc that comes with cygwin instead of the one that comes from gnat. Al John Kern wrote: > > No, I'd rather have the command line version (call me an old timer > defense programmer), but I will take the pretty colors. On a fresh > install to a different computer, when I open cmd.exe and put the bin > directory in the path, and I go to the examples directory and enter the > command: > gcc -c hello.adb > I get the message: > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': Invalid argument > > gcc --version > tho, returns > 2.8.1 > > The command: > make > (after trying to run /bin/rm -f *.o ...) > reports among other things > make (e=3): The system cannot find the path specified > > gnatmake > reports a dizzying list of options > > gnatmake hello > reports the invalid argument to as > > as --version > reports the FSF info and the target of `i386-pc-cygwin32' > > Any of this make any sense? > > Thanks > > Ted Dennison wrote: > > > > In article <39D384E4.E01FF21E@visteon.com>, > > jkern3@visteon.com wrote: > > > I can't convince myself that I have (the student version of) GNAT for > > > windows installed correctly. Is the compiler meant to be simply a > > > command line program from the DOS prompt? Are there any environment > > > variables or PATH settings needed? I can't seem to compile the > > > examples programs. AdaGide doesn't seem to be the answer (how do you > > > > What happens when you try it from the DOS prompt? Is it not finding > > "gnatmake", or failing during some step of the compile? Or is it > > working, but you'd rather have a GUI? > > > > -- > > T.E.D. > > > > http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? 2000-09-29 4:13 ` John Kern 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Al Christians @ 2000-09-29 0:00 ` Dr. Joachim Schr�er 1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Dr. Joachim Schr�er @ 2000-09-29 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) Hello, I had similar problems after installing gnat3.13p and adagide-6.26. Look into the field: "Target Directory" in "Tools" -> "Gnat options in current directory...". I often found funny strings there and after clearing the field gcc and gnatmake work from adagide. I have no idea what "Target Directory" is good for in version 6.26. In a former version it was a useful feature, gnat wrote all generated files to the directory given there (.exe, .ali, .o ...) J. Schroer John Kern <jkern3@CORECOMM.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: 39D416E7.81FA45B5@CORECOMM.net... ... > command: > gcc -c hello.adb > I get the message: > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': Invalid argument > > gcc --version > tho, returns > 2.8.1 > > The command: > make > (after trying to run /bin/rm -f *.o ...) > reports among other things > make (e=3): The system cannot find the path specified > > gnatmake > reports a dizzying list of options > > gnatmake hello > reports the invalid argument to as > > as --version > reports the FSF info and the target of `i386-pc-cygwin32' > > Any of this make any sense? > > Thanks . ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? 2000-09-28 0:00 Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? John Kern 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison @ 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Pascal Obry 2000-09-28 0:00 ` John Kern 1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Pascal Obry @ 2000-09-28 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) John Kern <jkern3@visteon.com> writes: > I can't convince myself that I have (the student version of) GNAT for > windows installed correctly. Is the compiler meant to be simply a > command line program from the DOS prompt? Are there any environment > variables or PATH settings needed? I can't seem to compile the examples > programs. AdaGide doesn't seem to be the answer (how do you tell > AdaGide where the compilers are?). I thought I once saw a document > explaining how to get both GNAT and JGNAT concurrently installed but I > can't find it now. But there is nothing to do at this point. The InstallShield package has configured the compiler by setting the registry ! From AdaGide you should be able to compile/run your program ! If this does not work you should describe precisely what is failing to work properly. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT? 2000-09-28 0:00 ` Pascal Obry @ 2000-09-28 0:00 ` John Kern 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: John Kern @ 2000-09-28 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) Glad to. Windows NT Server v4 SP5. I just now executed (at home this time) gnat-3.13p-nt.exe followed by adagide-install.exe downloaded from its home site. I can execute AdaGIDE and locate and open E:\Common_Program_Files\gnat\examples\hello.adb. When I press the compile button, I get the message: Compiling... gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': Invalid argument Done--error detected. If I were to press the build button either here or with diners.adb open I find that I have started gnatmake but I still get that message and perhaps a "Text_IO" is not referenced. Was I supposed to have entered anything into Tools->GNAT options in current directory like locations for the compilers (and assembler) or just command line switches like the sparse online help indicates? How do I inform AdaGIDE to use JGNAT when I get its *path* and *environment variables* set as indicated in its *readme* file? Did I need to reboot? Same symptoms on two different computers now. Operator error? Thanks Pascal Obry wrote: > > John Kern <jkern3@visteon.com> writes: > > > I can't convince myself that I have (the student version of) GNAT for > > windows installed correctly. Is the compiler meant to be simply a > > command line program from the DOS prompt? Are there any environment > > variables or PATH settings needed? I can't seem to compile the examples > > programs. AdaGide doesn't seem to be the answer (how do you tell > > AdaGide where the compilers are?). I thought I once saw a document > > explaining how to get both GNAT and JGNAT concurrently installed but I > > can't find it now. > > But there is nothing to do at this point. The InstallShield package has > configured the compiler by setting the registry ! > > From AdaGide you should be able to compile/run your program ! > > If this does not work you should describe precisely what is failing > to work properly. > > Pascal. > > -- > > --|------------------------------------------------------ > --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member > --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE > --|------------------------------------------------------ > --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry > --| > --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
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