install and use GCC in windows 7 x64

gcc gcc4.8
DASH picture DASH · Mar 29, 2013 · Viewed 21k times · Source

I am new to GCC, don't know much about it. I want to install it on my Windows 7 64bit PC and use it for C, C++ and Java. The latest version is GCC-4.8.0. In their mirror links, I am getting option to download gcc 4.8.0.tar.bz2 and gcc 4.8.0.tar.gz and md5.sum. Please guide me, how should i proceed, to use GCC

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mvp picture mvp · Mar 29, 2013

On Windows, easiest way to get gcc is to install MinGW.

Most recent MinGW release has support for gcc 4.8 as well - but it may be not very stable at the moment.

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