I want to compile the source code for vlc in windows .... I am following this link http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYS
my problems might seems silly... but it would be of great help if someone could help me out... i m a newbie..
I finished the first step - Install MinGW
I have a problem doing the 2nd part - Notes from December 2009
Currently the MinGW installer adds mingwrt-3.17 which is not compatible with the precompiled contribs mentioned below. You should manually download and install 3.15 found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/f ... z/download
where does the MinGW add mingwrt-3.17 (i mean in which folder?) ...
I downloaded the file from the link ... how can i manually install it (what do they mean by that?) ... (does it mean to overwrite the files that were installed in c:/MinGW/ with the files i just downloaded?)
and what does this mean?
The precompiled contribs also require gcc 4.2.1 found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/f ... z/download http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/f ... z/download
After downloading and unpacking those two files you can switch MinGW to use the new version with
mv /mingw/bin/c++.exe /mingw/bin/c++.345.exe
mv /mingw/bin/g++.exe /mingw/bin/g++.345.exe
mv /mingw/bin/gcc.exe /mingw/bin/gcc.345.exe
mv /mingw/bin/g++-sjlj.exe /mingw/bin/g++.exe
mv /mingw/bin/c++-sjlj.exe /mingw/bin/c++.exe
mv /mingw/bin/gcc-sjlj.exe /mingw/bin/gcc.exe
i cant find any folder by name mingw .. i have only c:/MinGW ...
thank you for the help///