Using gcc with MinGW

Question

So, I installed the MinGW base tools according to the instructions given and everything went fine.

Now, when I try to call gcc from the Command Prompt, still nothing happens. How do I use gcc?

Answer 1

Add the install path to your %PATH% environment variable.

to do this, you could do: SET PATH = %PATH%;C:\MinGw\bin\ when you start the command prompt.

You could set up a shell script that does this

Or you can add it to the windows environment variables which is more permanent.