Setup Visual Studio Express
Setup Visual C++ (2008)
Visual C++ Express Edition[1] is a integrated development environments (IDE) developed by Microsoft that is a lightweight version of the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ product line. The idea of express editions, according to Microsoft, is to provide streamlined, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn IDEs for users other than professional software developers, such as hobbyists and students.[2]
Download and install
Setup
To configure and compile plplot with MinGW it is best to use the Windows CLI. Please follow the instructions in [setup_cli Setup CLI] to get the Windows Command Line Interface ready for development. Then open your favorite text editor and enter the following CLI commands
@echo off rem setup MinGW compiler set MINGWDIR=C:\MinGW-4.3.1 set PATH=%MINGWDIR%\bin;%PATH% rem setup PLplot library set PLPLOTDIR=path_to_plplot set PLPLOT_LIB=%PLPLOTDIR%\data set PATH=%PLPLOTDIR%\dll;%PATH%
and save this to e.g. mingwvars.bat. If you installed the MinGW 3.4.5 command line tools, exchange in the script 4.3.1 with 3.4.5 (twice). Start you Windows CLI, cd into the directory where the batch file was saved and run mingwvars.bat. Run gcc --version, gfortran --version and gnat to see if everything works. Your MinGW developing environment is now ready.
