From:	Stephen Kitt <stephenk AT dai DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: G++ for NT 4.0?
Date:	19 Feb 1997 16:46:56 +0000
Organization:	Dept of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University, Scotland
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Martin Fieldhouse <martin AT fieldhouse DOT com> writes:
>  I run NT 4.0 server at home. I would like to install whatever software
> necessary to have the following:
> 1. Unix shell
> 2. G++ compiler
> 3. Libraries such as Iostream.h, iomanip.h ... etc.
> 
> Accordingly, I have two questions:
> 1. Is this possible?
> 2. Specifically, what do I need to download and where can I get it?

NT Server at home??? :-)

You could use DJGPP, as has been mentioned previously - this would
allow you to write programs for DOS and Win32 (the latter with some
problems). I'd also recommend checking out Cygnus GNU
(http://www.cygnus.com); this has Win32 ports of a fair amount of GNU
stuff, including bash (the Unix shell) and gcc. It's still beta, but
it's already quite cool...

If you want to get Cygnus, check out the Web site. The files are
mirrored in a number of places... Go and have a look in
/pub/gnu-win32/latest on ftp.cygnus.com; there's a README and a FAQ,
plus a load of .tar.gz and utilities to unpack them. The README has
details, but here's a summary: get cygwin.dll, tar.exe and gunzip.exe,
then download any packages you want, or all.tar.gz for the whole lot
(it's available as a single 10MB file or as multiple files in
/pub/gnu-win32/latest/all). Then follow the instructions in README to
set the system up, read the FAQ, and start programming...

Stephen

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Stephen Kitt, Edinburgh University; my views are my own
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