I tried to generate the config files (see quote below the output) and received this output (Note: I believe I followed the directions above the section I quoted to the letter. I used the pre-compiled binutils) loading cache ./config.cache checking host system type... i386-pc-mingw32 checking target system type... i386-pc-mingw32 checking build system type... i386-pc-mingw32 checking for a BSD compatible install... /bin/install -c checking whether ln works... yes checking whether ln -s works... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables Any thoughts? Dash, Santos Kumar IN BLR SISL wrote: > > # ../../source/gcc-4.1.1/configure --prefix=/mingw --host=mingw32 > --target=mingw32 --program-prefix="" --with-as=/mingw/bin/as.exe > --with-ld=/mingw/bin/ld.exe --with-gcc --with-gnu-ld --with-gnu-as > --enable-threads --disable-nls --enable-languages=c,c++ > --disable-win32-registry --disable-shared --without-x --enable-interpreter > --enable-hash-synchronization --enable-libstdcxx-debug > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problem-in-Install-gcc-on-Windows-XP-tf2194467.html#a6164056 Sent from the gcc - Help forum at Nabble.com.