[GCC-XML] out of box install (winXP)

[Brad King]

Felix Ogg wrote:
> I have installed gccxml on my machine for development of a ruby application
> that uses it. This all worked fine. Now that I test the application on 
> another (cleanly
> installed, fresh WindowsXP) machine, gccxml complains, it won't run.
> 
> There is no compiler on the fresh machine, but judging from the 
> documentation
> there is no need for that either. I browsed the source of gccxml a bit, 
> and I got
> the impression that there are dependencies on external compilers (like 
> MSdev Studio).
> 
> So, what can I do to minimally install/run gcc-xml on a machine without 
> a compiler?

GCC-XML simulates a compiler that is already installed on the system. 
In order to run without a compiler you need to install a compiler's 
system headers and set the GCCXML_FLAGS option by hand.  It is non-trivial.

-Brad