I am student studying C programming.
I was working on linux environment, but for some reason I have to move my development environment to windows.
I should work with LLVM compiler(I finished installing LLVM on my windows and it seems work). And...Now I need to use ncurses library...How to install it?
Current ncurses has been built with MinGW, MinGW-W64 (Cygwin too, of course) on Windows. But no one has mentioned LLVM with Windows. To build ncurses, you need a POSIX shell environment (awk, sed, etc).
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What are the differences between MinGW, MinGW-w64 and MinGW-builds?
And which one should I use to compile c++ 11 source code with the Eclipse IDE on a Windows 8 machine?
MinGW is a GCC-port for Windows. Not all of the Windows API is supported (but for many programs the supported stuff is sufficient) and it´s only for 32bit-Programs (which often can run on 64bit-Windows too, but some can´t, and you can´t compile them as 64bit).
MinGW-w64 is a improved version which supports both 32bit and 64bit, and some more of the WinAPI (still not all, because thats much work, but more than MinGW).
MinGW-w64 only provides their source code, but no binaries to "just use" the compiler.
MinGW-builds is a somewhat separate project to provide binaries in the most useful configurations. To get a specialized build of MinGW-w64, manual compiling is still possible.
Using the MinGW-builds self-installer is the easiest way, if nothing unusual is needed. Also see here for help with the self-installer.
Mingw compiles your code to Windows binaries that run under Windows.
Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL) makes Linux binaries. You can install other Linux programs under WSL, except if you need a graphical interface. You can access the Windows filesystem from WSL, but not vice versa.
Cygwin makes Windows binaries that can run under Windows outside the Cygwin shell, as long as you have the Cygwin DLL. This gives a Linux-like environment that is fully compatible with Windows.
What are the differences between MinGW, MinGW-w64 and MinGW-builds?
And which one should I use to compile c++ 11 source code with the Eclipse IDE on a Windows 8 machine?
MinGW is a GCC-port for Windows. Not all of the Windows API is supported (but for many programs the supported stuff is sufficient) and it´s only for 32bit-Programs (which often can run on 64bit-Windows too, but some can´t, and you can´t compile them as 64bit).
MinGW-w64 is a improved version which supports both 32bit and 64bit, and some more of the WinAPI (still not all, because thats much work, but more than MinGW).
MinGW-w64 only provides their source code, but no binaries to "just use" the compiler.
MinGW-builds is a somewhat separate project to provide binaries in the most useful configurations. To get a specialized build of MinGW-w64, manual compiling is still possible.
Using the MinGW-builds self-installer is the easiest way, if nothing unusual is needed. Also see here for help with the self-installer.
Mingw compiles your code to Windows binaries that run under Windows.
Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL) makes Linux binaries. You can install other Linux programs under WSL, except if you need a graphical interface. You can access the Windows filesystem from WSL, but not vice versa.
Cygwin makes Windows binaries that can run under Windows outside the Cygwin shell, as long as you have the Cygwin DLL. This gives a Linux-like environment that is fully compatible with Windows.
I have a Windows 7 laptop with an Ubuntu 12.04 installation on the same machine.
I am trying to compile a program from source (VowPal Wabbit). I tried using Cygwin but had no luck getting it to work. I ended up installing Ubuntu 12.04 to get access to get a functioning compiler.
It worked on the Ubuntu side but I am curious if there is a way to bring the compiled files over to Windows as that's where I actually do most of my work. More specifically, will programs compiled in Ubuntu function on a Windows machine?
Any suggestions?
You should check out MinGW:
MinGW, a contraction of "Minimalist GNU for Windows", is a minimalist
development environment for native Microsoft Windows applications.
I realize it is almost a year later. Credit Chris Quirk, Nick Nussbaum and others, current versions of vowpal wabbit (7.x) should build and work fine on Windows.
This reference should provide all the necessary details.
Edit: 2017-07-10:
I should also note: the library and basic train and test from files functionality has been working on Windows for a while. However, not all the functionality supported in a native Linux environment is available on Windows. In particular, the --daemon option, network related features like spanning-tree (under the cluster directory), and some of the utilities under the util directory have not been fully ported and/or tested on Windows. vw developers welcome pull-requests from Windows users.
Is there any way to compile both Windows and Linux versions of Python/distutils/SWIG/C++ extensions under Linux? As far as I understand the problem is at least in obtaining windows version of python-dev.
Thank you.
You could do it in two ways:
Install MingW on your linux system, and cross-compile the extension using it
Compile it in a Windows Virtual Machine (eg. Windows7 on VirtualBox)
I prefer the second option as it gives the opportunity to test that your program is working
Can I start installing boost libraries, ACE framework and use it as my home Linux server?
The G++ on Cygwin is very similar to that on any other platform. You should be able to use it with Boost if you can't find the Boost libraries you want pre-compiled for Cygwin.
However, Cygwin is not Linux; you won't be able to use it as your 'home Linux server'. Cygwin gives a Linux-like interface to Windows, but it is still running on Windows, not Linux.