Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions

Hello everyone. I just recently installed Cygwin and I am running it under Windows 7.

My problem is that I cannot seem to compile any C++ code with g++. I've tried to compile C Code using gcc and that works just fine. But Whenever I try to compile some C++ code, g++ throws a whole bunch of errors at me, which I have caught in an error file.

I've attached it to this post, so please take a look at it and tell me what I can do about it. I am absolutely clueless right now.

Hm, from the error output itself I can't deduct anything special. What's the code, and the compilation options?

The code looks as follows:

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main () {

cout << 'Hello World!';
return 0;

}

And the call to the compiler is:

g++ 04.cpp -o 04

Well, here (Cygwin on Win XP SP3) there's no problem. But you've got a glaring error in your code anyways, which probably is the source of your problems:

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main () {

cout << 'Hello World!';
return 0;

}

On the red marked line you're trying to pass of a string as a character. Replace the single quotes with double quotes.

Unfortunately that only fixes the very first error mentioned in the first line of the error file.

Something seems to be wrong with the includes, I think. But as stated before I have no clue how to handle this problem..

As I haven't seen those errors before, I couldn't say anything about the cause or the remedy. But on instinct I'd check again if the required development libraries are installed (as those packages also include the headers). Also check the bug reports for anyone with a similar problem and/or report a problem (instructions here)

I have no clue where those errors were coming from, but:

I have deinstalled and reinstalled Cygwin from a different mirror while installing only the needed packages. It seems to work now.

Thanks anyways!