Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT?

[Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com>]

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.