Re: [avr-gcc-list] avr-gcc for Windoz

[E. Weddington]

Royce & Sharal Pereira wrote:

> Hello,
> Is it possible for windoz users to use avr-gcc without downloading WinAVR?
>
> Actually, I dont use Programmers Notepad, Insight/gdb, avrdude that come
> with WinAVR. So they are just occupying space. But I dont want to delete any
> of this stuff for fear of breaking something..
>
> I just need the compiler package that gives me the standard output files.
>
> Or is the full Winavr package the only option for Windoz users?
>
>
>  

Well, it's never the only option, you can always build the toolchain 
yourself, though it takes some time and learning to do so.

Honestly, I don't use all the tools either. But, yes, it's a convenient 
package.

Regarding specifics:
- PN: Installing PN will become an option in the next release of WinAVR.
- avrdude: This is the easiest to remove. Remove \bin\avrdude.exe, 
\bin\avrdude.conf, \doc\avrdude. I *think* that should be it.
- Insight/gdb: This is probably the hardest to remove because there are 
so many support files, and it's still undetermined whether they are all 
needed yet. But you can delete \bin\avr-insight, \bin\avr-gdb. Those are 
both pretty big files. Do not delete the Tcl and Tk DLLs and the "wish" 
executable in the \bin directory: They are used by MFile and TkInfo.

HTH
Eric