Re: beginner in GNAT for Windows

[John English <je@brighton.ac.uk>]

ivan markose wrote:
> 
> I have tried to compile and run the 'Hello world' example given in the
> User's guide like so: (This being a copy of the action at the DOS prompt)
> 
> D:\GNAT\bin>gcc -c  d:\gnat\hello.adb
> 
> D:\GNAT\bin>gnatbind hello
> 
> D:\GNAT\bin>gnatlink hello
> gnatlink: Couldn't locate gcc
> 
> Why couldn't gnatlink find gcc especially since there was no complaint the
> first time ?
> 
> On the other hand I didn't get very far with the following either:
> 
> D:\GNAT\bin>gnatmake d:\gnat\hello
> gnatbind -x hello.ali
> gnatmake: error, unable to locate gnatbind

Sounds like gnatmake/gnatlink are failing to find the other commands
using the path; make sure your path includes d:\gnat\bin. It's
generally a good idea to start in another directory and then type
"gnatmake"; if it can't find gnatmake, your path is *definitely*
wrong.

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