If you later decide to install MinGW Ada, you can upgrade your existing installation using the mingw-get
command shown below, for example mingw-get install ada
. More information can be found here .
An alternative compiler uses it, as suggested in this related one.
$ mingw-get --help
Manage MinGW and MSYS installations (command line user interface).
Usage:
mingw-get [OPTIONS] ACTION [package-spec ...]
mingw-get update
mingw-get [OPTIONS] {install | upgrade | remove} package-spec ...
mingw-get [OPTIONS] {show | list} [package-spec ...]
Options:
--help, -h Show this help text
--version, -V Show version and license information
Actions:
update Update local copy of repository catalogs
list, show List and show details of available packages
install Install new packages
upgrade Upgrade previously installed packages
remove remove previously installed packages
Package Specifications:
[subsystem-] name [-component]:
msys-bash-doc The 'doc' component of the bash package for MSYS
mingw32-gdb All components of the gdb package for MinGW
Use 'mingw-get list' to identify possible package names
and the components associated with each.
Appendix: In Windows XP, I sent mingw-get list
via grep
to send a list
.
$ mingw-get list | grep -i ada
...
Package: mingw32-gcc-v3-ada Subsystem: mingw32
The GNU Ada Compiler
This package provides the MinGW implementation of the GNU Ada language
written in the Ada language.
...
$ gnatmake --version
GNATMAKE 4.5.2
Copyright (C) 1995-2010, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
...
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