Portable GCC

[hwg]

Is there any way to make a portable GCC, e.g. through static linkage and a custom PATH? Portable here would mean that the compiler could be run totally from a flash drive.

[Nable]

I've successfully run GCC from flash drive using chroot. I don't know whether it suits you but it worked for me.

[Octocontrabass]

Do you need something for Windows? MSYS is supposed to be pretty portable, although you may have to get clever with its fstab to make it work. Combine that with GCC (I like to use the one from here, but MinGW-w64 includes a perfectly usable GCC) and you should have a portable development environment.

[MasterLee]

…but MinGW-w64 includes a perfectly usable GCC) and you should have a portable development environment.

GCC is also included in portable version of DevCPP http://orwelldevcpp.blogspot.de/

[hwg]

MinGW is indeed a good compiler; however, people on this forum have strongly recommended using a cross compiler.

I've successfully run GCC from flash drive using chroot. I don't know whether it suits you but it worked for me.

How would one go about setting the chroot up? debootstrap?

[FallenAvatar]

MinGW is indeed a good compiler;

Umm, what? MinGW is not a compiler...

- Monk

[hwg]

Excuse the terminology. MinGW provides a good compiler.

[Octocontrabass]

MinGW is indeed a good compiler; however, people on this forum have strongly recommended using a cross compiler.

I specified MSYS because you need it to build a cross compiler.