On 29 August 2011 10:20, David Brown <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 29/08/2011 10:44, emil johansson wrote: >> >> Hello! >> I have some problems building GCC. I get more than 500 errors. Why? >> I'm using Microsoft Windows Vista. >> Help needed :) >> > > You clearly don't have much experience at this sort of thing, or you would > know that for anyone to help you with building gcc here, you would need to > give lots more information (what version of gcc? What compiler/version are > you using to build it? What configuration? What error messages? etc., > etc.). > > Unless you have some overwhelming reason for building gcc on Vista, I simply > would not bother. Download a pre-built binary and use that. If you are > looking for a native gcc, use <http://www.mingw.org>. If you are looking > for a cross-platform gcc of some sort, there are pre-built binaries for most > targets - ask google, or give more information when asking here. > You can also try cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/ i had some good experience with it where i used to work. If you gave us more details on your "errors" i am sure we can help but if your on windows using mingw or cygwin are your best bet so give them a while they each have plenty of documentation and user bases to help you i am sure. --Phil