devkitPro updater installs old compiler on windows 10

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elezzar
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devkitPro updater installs old compiler on windows 10

Post by elezzar » Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:51 am

Hi!
i was having some issues with compiling other peoples source code when someone told me to run

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 arm-eabi-gcc --version 
in my c:\devkitPro\devkitARM\bin directory from command line and it outputs this

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arm-eabi-gcc (devkitARM release 32) 4.5.1
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
from my understanding this is a very old compiler and i don't know why it keeps installing this version, i've been using the updater .exe file from github so it should be installing the latest version no?

any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!

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Re: devkitPro updater installs old compiler on windows 10

Post by WinterMute » Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:21 pm

The installer isn't installing that. What's most likely is that you're trying to install over the top of a very old installation or that someone has told you to install that particular version in order to compile something.

The best option is to delete the devkitPro folder (usually c:/devkitPro) and attempt the installation again.
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Re: devkitPro updater installs old compiler on windows 10

Post by elezzar » Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:16 am

I already have done that and i'm sure the version i'm installing is the latest from the github

( https://github.com/devkitPro/installer/releases) to clarify

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Re: devkitPro updater installs old compiler on windows 10

Post by WinterMute » Sat Nov 04, 2023 6:56 pm

elezzar wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:16 am I already have done that and i'm sure the version i'm installing is the latest from the github

( https://github.com/devkitPro/installer/releases) to clarify
Clearly you haven't. What you're describing is impossible.

Use the uninstall option then download the installer from github and try again.
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