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I don't understand. I downloaded 'mingw'



I don't understand what I'm supposed to do with the .zip.

Where do I extract it too?

There are no clear instructions online, they all link me to different compilers but don't tell me what to do with what I downloaded.

auto installer:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/latest/download

Or may I recommend to just install code::blocks and have it all in one. Just like when you install lazarus.

From: masterBB
auto installer:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/latest/download

Or may I recommend to just install code::blocks and have it all in one. Just like when you install lazarus.

It's just a file with a bunch of folders and files

From: Officer Barbrady
It's just a file with a bunch of folders and files

It should be a .exe. It puts the folder at the right place. A compiler is just nothing more then a bunch of files. It should have a folder called bin(binaries) which contains the compiler executables like c++.exe

something like this? http://mingw.org/wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW

in my scientific programming class we used this for C++ code that had a built in MingW http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/

From: ibot_dung11
something like this? http://mingw.org/wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW

in my scientific programming class we used this for C++ code that had a built in MingW http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/

got it thanks