Re: Is there an installation guide for Windows GNAT?

[Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>]

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.)

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