gcc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1'

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Thomas Antony wrote:
> Hello,
>    This is my first post here. I recently installed Cygwin again
> after my harddisk crashed and had to be formatted and all. I mainly
> use an ELF cross compiler for doing OS dev. So it was when I tried to
> compile a simple app using the normal GCC that I ran into this error.
> 
> $ gcc -mno-cygwin -o hello hello.c
> gcc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1': No such file or directory
> 
> I see that it occurs only when I use the -mno-cygwin option. I
> searched google. I found I have to install gcc-mingw package. I
> installed it. But the problem still prevails. I also see that there is
> no /usr/lib/gcc-lib directory. I found  cc1.exe in the
> /lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4 directory. I tried adding that to the
> PATH. But then I get the error.
> 
> ld: crt2.o: No such file: No such file or directory

Don't do that.

> I have also tried reinstalling those packages (gcc, binutils etc.) .
> But it still doesnt work.
> 
> I am also attaching the output of cygcheck -r -s -v , in case it helps.

What does 'ls -l /lib/gcc/'?  You should have '/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.4.4'
with cc1.exe in it (which is just a symbolic link to the one in the
i686-pc-cygwin).  If you don't have that, check /var/log/setup.log* for
indications of installation glitches.

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