Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Windows Build environment -- Cygwin or MinGW?

[Kevin Dixon]

Just what I was looking for. In this case, it sounds like MinGW is the
way to go, especially since we may end up with multiple developers,
and a consistent environment would be best.
The script looks to be amazing. Thanks so much

Kevin

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Don Ward <address@hidden> wrote:
> Kevin Dixon wrote:
>
>> I'd like to get started building GNURadio for Windows, using the USRP
>> 1, with the goal of writing some custom blocks. Do people prefer
>> Cygwin or MinGW style installations? Off the cuff, Cygwin looks more
>> straightforward. Any opinions?
>
> I use GNU Radio (with USRP1) on both, but prefer MinGW as my "production"
> environment.
>
> Cygwin has more of the prerequisites available as easy-to-install packages,
> but they change fairly often, and anytime you update to the latest packages
> there is a risk that your next GNU Radio installation may not work.  The
> last time I tried it, they were in the process of moving from gcc 3.x to
> 4.x, but their gcc 4.x required some hacks to GNU Radio.  At some point, I
> expect that 3.x versions of the dependencies will no longer be available and
> 4.x will be the only option.
>
> MinGW requires a little more work to get all the pieces together, but once
> you have a working system it is more likely to continue to work forever.
>
> Neither one is in any way comparable to your typical download-and-run
> Windows install.  It really helps if you have (or are willing to acquire)
> some Unix/Linux experience, or are at least comfortable with using a Windows
> cmd shell.  I assume you have seen the instructions at
> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/wiki/gnuradio/WindowsInstall.
>
> I have attached a rudimentary Python script to install MinGW, MSYS, and GNU
> Radio.  You need to read the notes at the beginning of the script and edit
> it to suit your needs, and you may need to updated the versions and/or
> locations of the dependencies.  But once you get it right, it could save you
> a lot of work.
>
> Good luck with it,
>
> -- Don W.
>