Missing mingw folder
lazarus / 12-Debugger

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dewald_meyer · 2013-06-24 08:18

Good day

I'm brand new to Lazarus and free pascal.
We are using ver 0.9.31 at work.

According to the following url I need to point the debugger to
c:\Lazarus\mingw. The problem is the (mingw) folder does not exist in
the path. http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Debugger_Setup

However I've compiled an existing project, and it compiles perfectly.

Please would anyone be so kind to shed some light on why the mingw
folder is missing and where I can download it. Or should I delete
Lazarus completely and re-download and compile it ?

Thank you
Have a nice day

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Leledumbo · 2013-06-24 12:06

QuoteI'm brand new to Lazarus and free pascal.
We are using ver 0.9.31 at work.You're using around 2 years old
product
There are A LOT of changes since then.
QuoteAccording to the following url I need to point the debugger to
c:\Lazarus\mingw. The problem is the (mingw) folder does not exist in
the path. http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Debugger_SetupWhich OS?
Last time I know Windows 64-bit installer doesn't contain any debugger
due to its limitation on 64-bit platforms. I still use 32-bit OSes and
it seems to work fine (I can debug normally).
QuoteHowever I've compiled an existing project, and it compiles
perfectly.Compiler and debugger are not related, in fact the debugger
is a 3rd party program.

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Martin_fr · 2013-06-24 12:15

win 64 should be shipped with gdb.

if not please create a bug

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Martin_fr · 2013-06-24 12:17

I checked my 1.0.10 install (64 bit) has a gdb in mingw folder

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Leledumbo · 2013-06-24 12:25

QuoteI checked my 1.0.10 install (64 bit) has a gdb in mingw
folderLooks like due to his ancient 0.9.31 version