How to configure GCC 3.0?

I have downloaded GCC 3.0 for win from an ftp in May 2001.

I unzipped it, and found no install.exe of any sort.

I also did not found any exes for me to compile.

So how I go about configuring GCC3.0 and compile a source.

I guess I am grown too accustomed to IDEs.

Note: I know GCC3.0 is outdated, there is a new updated version.

But I would like to solve this problem first.

Another question what is G++?

Thanks. I am GCC Newbie.

On Windows, you need, as it says in the documentation, Cygwin.

www.cygwin.com

I'm still trying to get it working now it's built, but basically you need to download and install cygwin, including gcc 2.95 binaries.

Then, extract the gcc tgz file into /home/gcc-3 or something. Then, use the command:

Code:

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CC=gcc

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...that sets the compiler up, which you use to compile the compiler (don't be too confused, it's the way it works for everything that a compiler is built using an older version :p

So, using the command./configureyou configure it. Then, just a simple "make".

I haven't got further than that.