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Ada: windows installation

Hi, When downloading the tar file from AdaCore for the GNAT compiler (the libre version), I noticed that there are two exe files for installation purposes:

win32ada-gpl-2010.exe of size 2.67 MB

and

gnat-gpl-2010-i686-pc-mingw32-bin.exe of size 70.2 MB

In the folder containing the second one, there are instructions for the installation and it installs the GPS editor as well.

I have Win XP and chose to install the second exe file. Now I'm thinking that the second one is for a MINGW installation whereas the first exe file is for a native Windows installation. But I can't find information for this. Which of the two exe files is for a normal Windows installation?

Thanks a lot...

+2  A: 

Win32Ada I believe is just a set of Win32 bindings for Ada. That's why it is so much smaller.

You might download that if you want to do a lot of Win32 systems programming or GUI work, and don't have a set of higher-level bindings (eg: GTKAda)

T.E.D.  2010-07-19 22:21:47
Thanks. I have installed the MINGW exe version just to be sure that I don't miss some "important" components later.
yCalleecharan  2010-07-20 05:44:43
@yCalleecharan - gnat-gpl-2010-i686-pc-mingw32-bin.exe is the compiler (and GPS, and a bunch of other tools), and that you have to have. You may be able to get away without win32ada-gpl-2010.exe, depending on what you plan to do. (Doesn't the installation of the win32ada package ask you to acknowledge that you have a licensed Win32 SDK?)
Simon Wright  2010-07-20 08:47:13
Thanks. To install, I just double-clicked on the file gnat-gpl-2010-i686-pc-mingw32-bin.exe. The compiler and GPS are installed. I am not asked if I have the licensed Win32 SDK.
yCalleecharan  2010-07-20 13:00:09

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