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1. George said
Thursday 26 March, 2009 at 19:51
I followed the instructions on netbeans and had exactly the same issues.
your instructions are way better. Maybe they should add a link to this page
on the netbeans page. Good job and thanks for sharing your efforts with
the rest of the world.
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Royalexander said
Friday 27 March, 2009 at 12:54
Hey George,
Great that it worked out for you this way! The instructions on
the netbeans page are indeed very criptic.
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Kelvin said
Tuesday 13 July, 2010 at 8:05
Subject: C ygwin new version faulty

Solution: C ygwin 1.5 thru setup_legagy.exe
OK, Im having been trying to install the c/c++ plugin for

netbeans IDE 6.9 using the instruction from the netbeans
support and from this website:
http://royalexander.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/configuring-
cygwin-cc-compiler-for-netbeans-65-under-windows/
so decided to use cygwin as the build engine. the build was

fine but it crashes when I run it. So I dig and dig. I even open
up its location in my c drive and run it manually. finally, I
found this different error message:
“entry point cygwin_create_path could not be located in

dynamic link library cygwin1.dll”
This narrows down the problem to cygwin after googling, I

found that it might be a compatibility issue with the new
cygwin update 1.7 So I install the 1.5 version instead and it
worked!!! Here is how you can do it too: download the older
version off the cygwin website:the setup_legacy.exe run the
.exe make sure to change to a new root directory name (if
you have 1.7 already) for the cygwin download as you will be
prompted. create a location for download cache inside that
directory once you chose a mirror you can search for these in
the development: –binutils –gcc core –gcc g++ –gcc g77 –gcc
mingw core –gcc mingw g++ –gcc mingw g77 –gdb –make
–mingw runtime
hit next to install the cygwin package
set the environment variable (thru advanced system setting

for vista). under system variable add C :\cygwin\bin; to the
path variable
open up netbeans and open new project c/c++ app under

tools chose options and click on the c/c++ to add host add
host. C hose to path to the root location of cygwin and then bin
make it default it will have a name like cygwin_1 or whatever
ex: C :\cygwin_legacy\bin netbeans will detect all compilers
etc OK the thing
Now right click on the project and hit property click on build to
the right, change the tool collection to cygwin_1 (or whatever
the name was)
write a hello world program (I did in c++)
debug and run the thing It should work! I hope this will help
others like me in the future I spent 4-5 hours over several
days trying to figure this bug out. It was hard because the
error message was not helpful unless you run the .exe
manually. Only then you will get the entry point message.
Here is the build message (successful but crashed when run):
“/usr/bin/make” -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk QMAKE=

SUBPROJEC TS= .build-conf make[1]: Entering directory
/cygdrive/c/Users/Kelvin/Documents/NetBeansProjects/C ppDebug’
“/usr/bin/make” -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk
dist/Debug/C ygwin_1-Windows/cppdebug.exe make[2]:
Entering
directory/cygdrive/c/Users/Kelvin/Documents/NetBeansProjects/C ppDebug’
mkdir -p build/Debug/C ygwin_1-Windows rm -f
build/Debug/C ygwin_1-Windows/main.o.d g++-3.exe -c -g -
MMD -MP -MF build/Debug/C ygwin_1-Windows/main.o.d -o
build/Debug/C ygwin_1-Windows/main.o main.cpp mkdir -p
dist/Debug/C ygwin_1-Windows g++-3.exe -o
dist/Debug/C ygwin_1-Windows/cppdebug
build/Debug/C ygwin_1-Windows/main.o
make[2]: Leaving directory
/cygdrive/c/Users/Kelvin/Documents/NetBeansProjects/C ppDebug’
make[1]: Leaving
directory/cygdrive/c/Users/Kelvin/Documents/NetBeansProjects/C ppDebug
’
BUILD SUC C ESSFUL (total time: 24s)
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2. John Derrick said

Friday 27 March, 2009 at 12:52
thanks dude, I thought i done bad
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3. Josh said
Monday 30 March, 2009 at 5:05
This works.
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4. Marcellus | Wolfdart said

Tuesday 31 March, 2009 at 4:11
Tks, its worked!
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5. TheRoot said
Wednesday 1 April, 2009 at 15:20
Hey, Great! it works! I solve that bit of the problem however, i couldn’t run
my programs (can’t click run button or command) in netbeans. i have set
the system variables the way you specify. Have you encountered this
same problem ? I’m using a 32-bit Vista by the way. C heers
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Royalexander said
Wednesday 1 April, 2009 at 20:14
Hey TheRoot, hmm that sounds like a strange problem. I

haven’t encountered it yet. Are you sure you’ve restarted
Netbeans (and your computer?) and that you have created a
new clean C project in Netbeans? (or C ++ if you where
aiming for that one). Also make sure that in the options in
Netbeans the compilers etc.. are listed under the C /C ++
section.
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6. John Greece said
Friday 3 April, 2009 at 3:53
Thanks mate, you’ve done some great work. It took me hours to find out
what was wrong…
Really helpful guide!
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7. Razz said
Friday 3 April, 2009 at 11:18
Hi. C an anybody help me? When I try to Run/Build/Debug my application I

get this error:
—
Running “C :\Programy\cygwin\bin\make.exe -f Makefile C ONF=Release”
in C :\Documents and Settings\Pavel\Plocha\c\app\Application_1
/usr/bin/make -f nbproject/Makefile-Release.mk SUBPROJEC TS= .build-

conf
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/Documents and
Settings/Pavel/Plocha/c/app/Application_1′
/usr/bin/make -f nbproject/Makefile-Release.mk dist/Release/C ygwin-
Windows/application_1.exe
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/Documents and
mkdir -p build/Release/C ygwin-Windows
rm -f build/Release/C ygwin-Windows/test.o.d
gcc.exe -c -O2 -I/cygdrive/C /Programy/cygwin/usr/include -MMD -MP -MF
build/Release/C ygwin-Windows/test.o.d -o build/Release/C ygwin-
Windows/test.o test.c
mkdir -p dist/Release/C ygwin-Windows
gcc.exe -o dist/Release/C ygwin-Windows/application_1
build/Release/C ygwin-Windows/test.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot
find -luser32
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [dist/Release/C ygwin-Windows/application_1.exe] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/Documents and
make[1]: *** [.build-conf] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/Documents and
make: *** [.build-impl] Error 2
Build failed. Exit value 2.

—
I installed according to instructions…
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Royalexander said
Monday 6 April, 2009 at 9:06
Hi Razz, it seems there is something wrong with -luser32, try

searching for that, unfortunately I have no idea what could
cause this problem, does this also occur on a new clean C
project?
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Majorcode said
Monday 1 February, 2010 at 20:00
yes i have an problem about this issue same

error occured when im start to debug….
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8. MakiS said
Saturday 4 April, 2009 at 13:22
axa.. thanks , i just press to download all packages and netbeans find
them alone… , ty
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9. Kisa14 said
Sunday 26 April, 2009 at 4:53
hiss
thanks for the tutorial, it really worked for me, but I just have a problem,
it build the programs and all of that but when I try to run them this
message come
This application has failed to start because cygwin1.dll was not found
Re-installing the aplication may fix this problem
what could I do?? or I have to re-install all the components again?

just that and thanks!!
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Royalexander said
Hey Kisa14,
I’ve looked into my C ygwin\bin folder and indeed there is a

file called cygwin1.dll located there, can you check if your bin
folder has the same file or that it is really missing? You can try
to reinstall the cygwin cg and cg++ compilers.
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10. Kisa14 said

Hi,
Well yes, I just found it there.
But I kind of solve the problem by other way, I just modified the path,
because I haven’t put the ‘-3′ there, now I put it and the program is
working xP
Any way thanks a lot for the tutorial!!! and for answering so soon ^^
byess
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Kisa14 said
By the way, the prove program just run and close, I can’t
even see it xD (but well the other programs I have from my
labs run correctly ^^U)
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11. JOhn said

Sunday 3 May, 2009 at 16:54
Ok where did you find packages ? you just google them??? thanks in
advance
The entire base package
-In the development package select:
–binutils
–gcc core
–gcc g++
–gcc g77
–gcc mingw core
–gcc mingw g++
–gcc mingw g77
–gdb
–make
–mingw runtime
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Royalexander said
Sunday 3 May, 2009 at 18:20
Hey John there are in the standard GNU installer
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12. Quang said

Monday 4 May, 2009 at 10:35
Thanks a lot. It worked. ^^
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13. UCSC said

Thursday 7 May, 2009 at 18:02
hey guys its worked …thax a lot
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14. Udara said

Wednesday 13 May, 2009 at 6:06
i did exactly the same thing mentioned above,but there is no gcc.exe file
in folde “bin”.Instead there is a shortcut called gcc.exe.lnk which links to
“/etc/alternatives/gcc”.So i choosed gcc-3.exe for c compiler.But when i
make a new c project it says ” cannot find include file “. but it works for
c++.dont know y?
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Royalexander said
Hey Udara,
Unfortunately I don’t have an answer to your question, but

maybe someone else visiting this website has. I would
recommend figuring out if you can remove all the gcc apps
and see if it works the second time, maybe you’ve forgot to
select an option. (Alternatively you can try repairing the
installation and checking if you missed something)
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Anubhav said
Wednesday 24 June, 2009 at 16:45
Hi Udara,
You could use the following steps(Netbeans 6.5):
1. Tools->Options->C /C ++->C ode Assistance->C C ompiler-

>Add.
2. Add this directory: C :\cygwin\lib\gcc\i686-pc-
cygwin\3.4.4\include (Replace C :\cygwin\ with your cygwin
home)
3. Done
I hope it helps.
Also I think the following packages are optional with gcc’s

core compilers:
–gcc mingw core

–gcc mingw g++
–gcc mingw g77
–mingw runtime
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15. Pradeek said

Tuesday 19 May, 2009 at 5:16
You can find these in the devel package instead of manually searching.
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16. Cris said

Thank you so much for posting these instructions- I was stumped for 18
straight hours losing my mind trying to get this to work… your instruction
here is a life saver- really thanks again
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Royalexander said
Hey C ris,
Glad to hear you got this working!
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17. JOBr said

Saturday 30 May, 2009 at 3:09
Excelent job man, I had this configuration but I formatted my computer,

now I cannot add it to my netbeans, I have the same Udara’s problem.
i’ll aprecciate any help thk
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18. Milos Grcic said

thnx mate! it works to me
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19. Fata1Diabl0 said

Friday 5 June, 2009 at 13:48
This is so cool.
thanks for your help. i really appreciate your effort.
I’ve been looking for a solution for weeks. thanks to you i can have more
fun programming. Thanks a lot dude and may god bless you!
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20. Mizbase said

Thanks buddy,
really helped, i think netbean should link your page,
the help page sucks, regarding the instruction they have given
thanks a lot
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21. Satish said

hey frds…somebody help me..i followed the same instructions..still i am

getting this error..
———————————————————————————————
Running “C :\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007a\bin\win32\gmake.exe -f
Makefile C ONF=Debug” in C :\SATISH PERSONAL\Application_1
/cygdrive/c/Users/satish/AppData/Local/Temp/make38802.sh: line 2:
syntax error: unexpected end of file
C :\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007a\bin\win32\gmake.exe: *** [.validate-
impl] Error 2

—————————————————————————————————
what could be the problem?
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Royalexander said
Saturday 27 June, 2009 at 10:04
Hey Satish, it looks like the compiler and stuff got installed
perfectly but that there is an error in your code. Also your not
using the GNU compiler but a special compiler for Matlab so it
seems so I’m sorry but I can’t really help you with this error.
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22. Joer86 said

Monday 6 July, 2009 at 22:49
hey could guyz help me? i’ve been encountering an output error with the
C ++ sample code “welome”. the project builds and debugs fine but when i
run it it shows this in DOS…
“C :/Users/SATEL~1AppData/Loca/Temp/dlight736194469083965267termexec.env:
line1: syntaxerror near unexpected token ‘(‘
C :/Users/SATEL~1AppData/Local/Temp/dlight736194469083965267termexec.env:
line1:
‘PATH=/bin:/user/bin::cygdrive/C /Windows/system32:/cygdrive/C /Windows:/cygdrive/C /Windows/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/C /PROGRA~2/C OMMON~1/ULEAD~1/MPEG:/cygdrives/DivX\Share/:/cygdrive/C /Program\Files\(x86)/Quicktime/QTSystem/:/cygdrive/C /cygwin/bin:
&& export PATH’
Press [Enter] to close the terminal…”
the code is very simple w/c is just supposed to output Welcome and this a
sample code from Netbeans itself. I followed instructions from Netbeans
site and from urs exactly… looks like i should settle for turbo c++… tsk tsk.
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23. Sue said

Thanks for the steps. But I can’t add the paths to windows configuration
screen->advanced->environment variables. Every time I try from “My
C omputer/Properties”, configuration screen came up for 2 second and
disappear. Is it a must to add the path?
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Royalexander said
Well you can try if it works, but you should really add the
path, are you sure you are working on an account that has
administrative priviliges?
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24. Eugene Kovalev said

Thanks a ton, these really helped.
I’m just a beginner and I’m trying to learn a little bit of C before I go to
college. I installed this program and followed all the instructions but when I
try to run this “Hello, World” program:
#include
main()
{
printf (“Hello, World!”);
return 0;
}
I get the following messages and I have absolutely no clue what they
mean, Please Help!
/usr/bin/make -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk SUBPROJEC TS= .build-conf

make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/Users/Eugene
Kovalev/Briefcase/My Programs/Learning C programming/Learning C ’
/usr/bin/make -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk dist/Debug/C ygwin-
Windows/learning_c.exe
make[1]: *** [.build-conf] Aborted (core dumped)
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/Users/Eugene
Kovalev/Briefcase/My Programs/Learning C programming/Learning C ’
BUILD FAILED (exit value 2, total time: 6s)
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Royalexander said
Wednesday 29 July, 2009 at 7:09
Hey Eugene, unfortunately I’m still no C (++) expert. Your

code does look correct, however I think something went
wrong with your include statement, you don’t finish it so your
entire program now looks like an include statement.
Try changing the first line to something like:
#include
(for more info on that notation see:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/36k2cdd4(VS.71).aspx )
Hope this helps)
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25. BigBwana said

Saturday 1 August, 2009 at 21:14
I’m having problems, I downloaded and installed using the setup.exe (I

used the defaults) from cygwin. It looks like I have everything (even the
desk icon) except for the compilers.
In C :\cygwin, there is everything EXC EPT:
C compiler C :\C ygwin\bin\gcc.exe

C ++ C ompiler: C :\C ygwin\bin\g++-3.exe*
Fortran C ompiler: C :\C ygwin\bin\g77-3.exe*
Make C ommand: C :\C ygwin\bin\make.exe
Debugger: C :\C ygwin\bin\gdb.exe
Maybe I downloaded from a screwy site, but it was on the list.

What can I do to finish my instillation?
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26. BigBwana said

Saturday 1 August, 2009 at 21:29
Ok, I think I figured it out – forgot to select the compilers in the dev
package – Kinda thought they would be there by default.
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Royalexander said
Sunday 2 August, 2009 at 14:22
Ah yeah it’s a bit strange indeed, but there are so many

compilers in the GNU installer that it would be harsh to install
them all by default .
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27. Kotushka said
Monday 3 August, 2009 at 16:02
Thunk you a lot.
” Base Director: C :\C ygwin\bin

C compiler C :\C ygwin\bin\gcc.exe
C ++ C ompiler: C :\C ygwin\bin\g++-3.exe*
Fortran C ompiler: C :\C ygwin\bin\g77-3.exe*
Make C ommand: C :\C ygwin\bin\make.exe
Debugger: C :\C ygwin\bin\gdb.exe
”
this part was very useful for me. This is not said properly even by the net
beans.
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Chandan said
please give me brief information how to configure cygwin in

netbeans 6.9 with versions and step by step
i am installed mingw netbeans automatically detected only

gcc,g++,g77,as
it doesn’t finds make file,qmake,cmake,gdb please help me
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28. KJB said

Once your C and C ++ compilers are installed.
You should only add include libraries to the project that are different from
the standard compiler libraries.
To add or check standard libraries that are to be included click on Tools-
>Options and then select C /C ++ at the top of the window that appears.
Now select the C ode Assistant tab.
The top panel has a C and a C ++ tab.
Now start a cygwin command window
Start->All Programs->C ygwin->C ygwin Bash Shell
Type or copy this command for the c compiler
`gcc -print-prog-name=cc1` -v
where gcc is your C compiler.
This will give you a list of include libraries that the preprocessor is using.
Make your otions window match this list.
Now the C ++ compiler

`gcc -print-prog-name=cc1plus` -v
gcc is still the C compiler and not the C ++ compiler.
This will give you a list of include libraries that the preprocessor is using.
Make your otions window match this list. Make sure that the C ++ tab is
selected or you will be updating the C include list.
Your code assistant now matches your compiler.

Any additional libraries that you now want to use and are not part of the
current project should be added to the project->preferences.
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Royalexander said
Thanks for this helpful tip mate!
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29. QZip said

Thursday 13 August, 2009 at 11:53
Hey, I tried the NetBeans instructions, but, since they were about as
helpful as a knife in the back, I fubared something. When I went into the
Environment Variables and changed my path, I DELETED the old path and
REPLAC ED it with “C :\cygwin\bin” when, it seems from your instructions I
was just supposed to add that (with a to the END of whatever the hell
was there. Now, I have no idea what was there and no way to tell the thing
to default back to whatever it was before I screwed it up. If I go into
NetBeans, it can’t detect C ygwin. C an you help? I’m running Windows XP
Service Pack 3 (if it matters).
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Royalexander said
Friday 14 August, 2009 at 11:18
Hey QZip, that is a really serious problem since the path

variable is not only the C (++) path variable but also the
commandline, JAVA, .NET PATH variable (and probably much
more) I can’t really give you some way to get it back, maybe
you can do a system restore. You can’t copy the PATH
variables from someone else because not everyone has
installed their applications at the same locations. Your best bet
to partially get everything working again if system restore
fails is to find someone with XP Service Pack 3 and rougly the
same software installed, copying their PATH variable to your
pc and hoping you both installed most applications at their
default locations.
(I know this all sucks, most modern installers modify the path
variable for you, unfortunately C ygwin and especially the
C ygwin installer is ‘way odd’.)
Good luck with restoring your computer, sorry I can’t help you
I’m running Vista.
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30. Ricky said

Thursday 3 September, 2009 at 6:24
Thank you a lot, this was so helpful for me.
Greetings
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31. Bruce said

Wow, thanks! That was extremely helpful.
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32. Maru said

Saturday 5 September, 2009 at 15:12
Hi, thank you SO much for this, I can’t tell you how many hours I spend
trying to get this done!!!! I’m so used to JAVA that whenever some comes
to me asking for help with C (I’m a TA on a fundamentals of programming
class) I remember that I haven’t done this stuff for my netbeans…
Does this steps also work on nebeans 6.7?????
PS: sorry for my english… I’m from South America =)
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Royalexander said
Hey Maru,
No problem, and I think this will work for most versions of

Netbeans .
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33. Arpit said
Tuesday 8 September, 2009 at 17:35
Hello:
I am in a fix. Please suggest me some help. I am building an application

and using C ygwin development environment. All compilation is successful
but every time at linking stage I get the error 53 !!
see this -
(LD) exe/DEBUG/DSP1_p0.dxe exe/DEBUG/DSP1_p1.dxe

exe/DEBUG/DSP1_sm.dxe
“C :\Program Files/Analog Devices/VisualDSP 4.5/linker.exe” -jcs2l -si-
revision
0.5 -T DSP1.ldf -Map ../../Integration/build/exe/DEBUG/DSP1.map.xml -od
../../In
tegration/build/exe/DEBUG -MDBUILD_TYPE_DEBUG
make[1]: *** [../../Integration/build/exe/DEBUG/DSP1_p0.dxe] Error 53
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/Y050-buildBV/Integration/build’
make: *** [binaries-all] Error 2
Please let me know if you require some more info. But since past one
week, I am stupidly wasting my time trying solving this issue but still not
successful
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Royalexander said
Hey Arpit, I have no idea how to fix this issue, best ask it at a
forum related to C ygwin C ++ compiler. (Maybe the C ygwin
website or mailing list?). I’ll leave your comment here so
other people might suggest fixes.
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Arpit said
Hello Royal:
I checked with Analog Devices guys today.. they say,
” ‘Error 53′ is being reported by cygwin itself. and reports

“The network path was not found”. If the error was being
reported by VisualDSP++ tools it would be in our standard
error format. For a linker failure, the error message would
have the form li####: “li” as a prefix meaning it came from
the linker and the “####” being the error number that can be
used to index help documentation.
Since the error comes from cygwin we are going to have a

limited ability to determine the cause. We can only suggest
that you check that the path reported in the error message
from cygwin exists and you have proper permission to access
it. ”
So they say its not a linker error basically but a C ygwin path
error. C an you suggest me what they mean by network path
of C ygwin?
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Royalexander said
Hey Arpit,
I wouldn’t know what they mean with network

path, I mean all your files are on a local drive
right? C an you check if
“../../Integration/build/exe/DEBUG/DSP1_p0.dxe”
is indeed 2 folders up from the working directory?
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Arpit said
Thursday 10 September, 2009 at
12:38
Hey Royal,
Yeah. you are right. It is indeed a

local drive! so your explanation is
perfect – there cannot be a problem
with network path, but then what is
causing Error 53? Analog Devices
people say its not Visual DSP, its
C ygwin causing the error..
34. Tom said

Wednesday 9 September, 2009 at 6:58
Worked very nicely. Thank you very much Roy.
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35. BA said
Monday 14 September, 2009 at 12:24
Thanks Roy… that was a real help. I’m way past the thrill of spending
fruitless hours to make things work that should be intuitive. You are on the
list of people to be reimbursed if I ever get to make money from my
current C ++ development .
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Royalexander said
Yeah, this could’ve been made so easy! Oh well. Glad you

found it helpful, good luck with your C ++ programs!
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36. Nate said

Did my best to follow your instructions, still getting this error when I try to
build:

make[1]: Entering directory
`/cygdrive/c/Users/Nathan/Documents/NetBeansProjects/HelloWorldNative
’
/usr/bin/make -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk dist/Debug/C ygwin-
Windows/libHelloWorldNative.dll
’
mkdir -p build/Debug/C ygwin-Windows
make[2]: mkdir: C ommand not found
make[2]: *** [build/Debug/C ygwin-Windows/newmain.o] Error 127
’
make[1]: *** [.build-conf] Error 2
’
BUILD FAILED (exit value 2, total time: 1s)
Assistance would be appreciated!
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Billy said
Thursday 28 January, 2010 at 23:59
Same thing happend to me =(
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37. Arpit said

Friday 18 September, 2009 at 14:03
Hi Royal.
Finally got rid of that error. Had a tough time tracing that out. Yeah, as i
said, you were correct that AD people were incorrect in telling Err 53 being
a network path error.
Interestingly, the project was using a tool MapReader.exe of C adC orp that
evaluates linker files. And my machine was not having .netframework
installed that caused problem with its initiation and hence at linking stage
Visual DSP was unable to commence -> that way, the poor guy C ygwin
which was being used had no clue but to show me Error 53 coz of this!!
Thanks for your help. Am glad after eliminating this 53 from my m/c!!
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38. Koen said

Quite a neat site you have here, Royal! Not sure what it’s all about though.
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39. Dan said

Thank you very much for your effort.

I’m from Romania.
A good day to you.
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40. Khosi said

I am from South Africa. Thank you very much. This article is the ish, each
and every step of the configuration is well laid out.
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41. Joey said

I have followed your unstruction completely but when I enter

“C :\C ygwin\bin\gcc.exe” it enters as red and when i open up netbean it
tells me
C ould not successfully run the C :\C ygwin\bin\gcc.exe compilerto configure

the built-in source file paser.
Please make sure C :\C ygwin\bin\gcc.exe is in your PATH and restart the
ide
Its tells me that the compiler is missing or invalid…
Im only new at this so any help would be very much appricated
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Royalexander said
Hey Joey,
Did you make sure that the file was actually there? See if it is
and if g++ is there as well. They might be named differently
(Often g++-3.exe and gcc-3.exe).
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Joey said
Hello sir
Ya the files are all in there but as type
shortcut….Im using netbeans 6.7.1 on vista…
the c++ compiler is working Just not the c
compiler(the one i need)
regards
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42. Arjita said

Friday 2 October, 2009 at 18:49
This is awesome! I spent so much time trying to figure this out…until I

found this post.
Really helpful and clear. Thanks
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43. JKirk said

Wednesday 28 October, 2009 at 2:13
This site was useful, but I still seem to have problems.
I can’t seem to understand what you meant when you described adding
the Path. How exactly does one get to the “Windows C onfiguration Screen”
on Vista?
My compilers seem to have added correctly, but the code I’m trying to
work on doesn’t include the appropriate libraries.
I’m new to NetBeans, so any help would be appreciated.
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Royalexander said
Just right click your ‘my computer’ in the start menu and
select properties.
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44. Vencat said

Hello there.
Thanks a lot for this useful tips.
I followed it to start a C ++ application on Netbeans6.7.1 windows and
every hello world, or Netbeans samples seem to work fine. But I have
troubles when I start to use wstring.
When I #include and declare a std::wstring, g++ whispers me that wstring
is not part of std…
My paths seem good… I have no clue.
Any idea ?
Thanks again.
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Larles said
Thursday 29 October, 2009 at 11:20
It seems that wide strings are not supported by cygwin :/
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Larles said
Thursday 29 October, 2009 at 11:21
It seems that wide strings are not supported by

cygwin :/
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-
01/msg00436.html
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Vencat said
Thursday 29 October, 2009 at
11:43
I found a potential solution : stop

using C ygwin and try MinGW.
Everything works now.
Thanks again.
45. Kibre said

Friday 6 November, 2009 at 17:23
building is successful but it won’t run…. The system cannot find the path
specifiedProcess is started in an external terminal …
RUN FAILED
this message appears… any idea ,
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Royalexander said
Sunday 8 November, 2009 at 18:29
Kibre, I have no idea maybe someone else will find a solution.
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46. The Weba said

Thanks so much!!! ^_^
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Royalexander said
No problem
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47. Sonal said

Followed all instructions as above, but still stuck up with this error
C an you please help..
Error:
C LEAN SUC C ESSFUL (total time: 200ms)
nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk:79: .dep.inc: No such file or directory

make: /bin/sh: C ommand not found
make: *** [.depcheck-impl] Error 127
BUILD FAILED (exit value 2, total time: 187ms)
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Royalexander said
Hey Sonal, doesn’t look like a cygwin error to me. Maybe try
searching for err127 and depcheck-impl
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48. CodenameA said

Saturday 14 November, 2009 at 16:49
You are GOD!!!

Your instructions just saved me hours of wasted time and you may also
have saved my computer from ending up like this:
ThX!
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Royalexander said
Haha thanks!
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49. Ml said
Thursday 3 December, 2009 at 14:51
hey thank you so much, i was about to crash my computer because of

compiler problem, you saved my homework!
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50. Dwi said

Sunday 6 December, 2009 at 23:40
I have installed cygwin successfully and set the path. But I dont see
Netbeans in anywhere. Please help!
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Roy Triesscheijn said
Monday 7 December, 2009 at 9:25
Netbeans is a seperate program (an IDE) that helps you

create programs. You have to download and install Netbeans
yourself, check http://netbeans.org/ .
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51. Irfan said

Sunday 13 December, 2009 at 10:21
Hey Bro
I tried to download cygwin but I couldn’t find mirrors. U gave a link does
not working says forbidden.. something. if u have any alternatives Please
share with me I will be very thankful.
Thanks
Irfan
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52. Aravind said

Thursday 24 December, 2009 at 4:58
Hi, I did everything you said, still there’s some problem. There’s no
C :\C ygwin\bin\gdb.exe available. I mean, the gdb.exe is missing. and
also, even after to setting the PATH variable to C :\cygwin\bin netbeans
IDE says {unable to configure C compiler: C :\C ygwin\bin\gcc.exe, set
PATH variable to C compiler: “C :\C ygwin\bin\gdb.exe” and restart IDE
again.} I did but it says the same thing again. Then I changed C compiler
to: “C :\C ygwin\bin\gcc-3.exe”, the problem got resolved. After all this, my
project is unable to build. Its says “Build Failed”. Please help me.
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53. Lord Skass said

Saturday 16 January, 2010 at 18:24
Hi! Thank you so much!
I have already installed correctly NetBeans 6.8 and C ygwin!
I have a problem: when the compiler works there is this error
“Impossibile open the file: dorun.sh”
I’m Windows Vista user but the exstension “.sh” is used in Linux OS
(I’ve downloaded the Microsoft Version and I don’t know what must I do…)
(Sorry but I’m from Italy, I hope you’ll undestand)
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Monday 25 January, 2010 at 10:45
Sorry Skass, I have no idea what that error means. I’ve

never encountered. Any luck on Google? Maybe post your
question again at http://roy-t.nl since this article was
moved there too, maybe someone sees it and posts a
sollution.
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Frustratedd said
Monday 24 May, 2010 at 10:34
I have this problem too. Have been loooking for a

day still no solution
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54. Leopard said

Thursday 28 January, 2010 at 22:50
I installed cygwin successfully but when i run my program in netbeans , i

got the following error:
Running “F:\Program Files\C ygwin\cygwin-b20\H-i586-

cygwin32\bin\make.exe -f Makefile C ONF=Debug” in E:\j programs\Java
Project\nbproject\C Tester
! was unexpected at this time.
make.exe”: *** [.validate-impl] Error 1
I will be thankful if you help me.
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Friday 29 January, 2010 at 9:26
I dont know for sure, but how about this:

http://forums.netbeans.org/post-53831.html
Also: please post any further questions at http://roy-t.nl I

dont come here often. (And come one guys, how big do I
have to make the “Blog moved to http://roy-t.nl” text?).
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55. Joey said

Tuesday 9 February, 2010 at 19:09
Hi!
I have done all of your advices and when I started to compile a

programme I got an error
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
Process is started in an external terminal …
RUN FAILED
before the programme will be finished
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Wednesday 10 February, 2010 at 9:14
Joey, your building / compiling JAVA, this has nothing todo

with C ++, so I think your totally doing something else .
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56. John said

Friday 12 February, 2010 at 10:28
Hi!
First of all thanks a lot for your helpfull tutorial on installing c/c++ on
netbeans.
I got a lot further with your description than with the one offered on
netbeans. I still encounter a tiny problem though.
Whenever I try to run an app I get the following error statement:
which: no pkg-config in (/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32)

make: pkg-config: C ommand not found
make: *** [.build-pre] Error 127
make: *** [.build-pre] Error 127
I tried to find out what is the problem with pkg config but I was unable to
figure it out. Also checked if my path variables were set correctly and
everything was okay.
So maybe you could help with this problem.
thanks a lot
john
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Friday 12 February, 2010 at 16:49
Hey John,
Unfortunately I have no clue how to fix that error, maybe

someone else has a clue?
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57. Taz said

Saturday 13 February, 2010 at 0:03
Thanks, that works perfect.
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58. Compiling C++ With NetBeans said

Sunday 14 February, 2010 at 17:54
[...] as if it doesn't have the needed libraries.I tried following this guide,
but it didn't sort it out: c/c++ compiler for NetBeans 6.5 (under Windows)
Here's screenshots of my settings: ImageShack Album – 3 images C an
anyone please help me get my [...]
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59. Sashi said

C an someone help please???
I did everything but cannot compile C ++ programs but I could compile C

programs. This is what get compiling C ++ programs

`/cygdrive/c/Users/sashi/Documents/NetBeansProjects/HelloQtWorld_1′
VPATH=. -o qttmp-Debug.mk nbproject/qt-Debug.pro
/bin/sh: -o: command not found
make[1]: *** [nbproject/qt-Debug.mk] Error 127
`/cygdrive/c/Users/sashi/Documents/NetBeansProjects/HelloQtWorld_1′
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It looks like you are using the c compiler for C ++. Be sure to
check your compiler settings in Nebeans and that the C ++
compiler is called g++.exe
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Sashi said
Under options I do have C ++ compiler as

C :\cygwin\bin\g++.exe . I dont know what is
wrong.
I have the path name (under environmental
variable) as
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C :\Program
Files\C yberLink\Power2Go
I didn’t even add C :\cygwin\bin
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60. Sashi said

Under options I do have C ++ compiler as C :\cygwin\bin\g++.exe . I dont

know what is wrong.
I have the path name (under environmental variable) as
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C :\Program
Files\C yberLink\Power2Go
I didn’t even add C :\cygwin\bin
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61. Rodanmuro said

Sunday 28 March, 2010 at 5:16
Hey man thanks a lot. I had that problem but now you resolve it. Thanks
again.
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62. Lalit Samar said

Running “make.exe -f Makefile C ONF=Debug clean” in C :\Documents and

Settings\India\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\Nat
To use Symbian OS tools without specifying a device name, a default
device must be set using the devices -setdefault command.
C lean failed. Exit value 2.
how solve this error plz help me
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63. Gilmar said

I need help on this erros while trying to execute a C ++ file in netbeans

using cygwin:
It seens like the POSIX points to cygwin/c/Arquivos de programas… and I

guess it should point to c:\Arquivos de programas…
Any solution?
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64. Gilmar said

I need help on this error while trying to execute a C ++ file in netbeans

using cygwin:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7076/errokf.jpg
It seens like the POSIX points to cygwin/c/Arquivos de programas… and I
guess it should point to C :\Arquivos de programas…
Any solution?
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65. BigSurf said

Tuesday 13 April, 2010 at 12:50
Thanks a lot, now I can all my job do in same IDE!
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66. Fsdfsd said

Thursday 15 April, 2010 at 12:16
u r the biggest fool on earth
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I’d love your explanation why.
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67. Whipfire said

Thanks very much, Roy! Your instructions worked like a champ.
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68. Uli said

Monday 24 May, 2010 at 14:10
Excellent guide, worked fine =)
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69. Ik.W said

excellent!! tnks
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70. Carl said

many thanks, exactly what I was looking for as Netbeans.org and C ygwin
was unable to explain cygwin install
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71. M said
Hey, thanks for great information, but I have a problem. I use NetBeans
IDE 6.7.1 and on the options>c c++>build tools, I also have a “assembler”
between fortran compiler and make command. it says assembler missing
or invalid. any suggestion how to fix it?
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72. Michael Corleone said

Friday 2 July, 2010 at 12:16
It worked with NetBeans 6.9 too!
I cannot express how grateful I am.
Best
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73. Roy Triesscheijn said

Wow and the comments are still dripping in. I’m very grateful for all the
comments, but you should really place them here: http://www.roy-t.nl
all the updates are there . (I cant think of a way to make that even
more apparent , title should say enough).
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74. Chibu Jax said

This is great,not everyone can share their effort
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75. KRISH said

Thursday 22 July, 2010 at 18:02
I am using cygwin 2.697 & netbeans6.9

I came to now that this cygwin is a major release.
Above instructions are not working.
Please help me if you can find out anything…
waiting.
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Subject: C ygwin new version faulty

OK, Im having been trying to install the c/c++ plugin for

so decided to use cygwin as the build engine. the build was

“entry point cygwin_create_path could not be located in

This narrows down the problem to cygwin after googling, I

hit next to install the cygwin package

set the environment variable (thru advanced system setting

open up netbeans and open new project c/c++ app under

write a hello world program (I did in c++)

Here is the build message (successful but crashed when run):

“/usr/bin/make” -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk QMAKE=

BUILD SUC C ESSFUL (total time: 24s)

2. John Derrick said

thanks dude, I thought i done bad

4. Marcellus | Wolfdart said

Tks, its worked!

Hey TheRoot, hmm that sounds like a strange problem. I

Hi. C an anybody help me? When I try to Run/Build/Debug my application I

/usr/bin/make -f nbproject/Makefile-Release.mk SUBPROJEC TS= .build-

Build failed. Exit value 2.

Hi Razz, it seems there is something wrong with -luser32, try

yes i have an problem about this issue same

what could I do?? or I have to re-install all the components again?

I’ve looked into my C ygwin\bin folder and indeed there is a

10. Kisa14 said

11. JOhn said

Hey John there are in the standard GNU installer

12. Quang said

Thanks a lot. It worked. ^^

13. UCSC said

hey guys its worked …thax a lot

14. Udara said

Unfortunately I don’t have an answer to your question, but

You could use the following steps(Netbeans 6.5):

1. Tools->Options->C /C ++->C ode Assistance->C C ompiler-

Also I think the following packages are optional with gcc’s

–gcc mingw core

15. Pradeek said

16. Cris said

Glad to hear you got this working!

17. JOBr said

Excelent job man, I had this configuration but I formatted my computer,

i’ll aprecciate any help thk

18. Milos Grcic said

thnx mate! it works to me

19. Fata1Diabl0 said

20. Mizbase said

21. Satish said

hey frds…somebody help me..i followed the same instructions..still i am

Build failed. Exit value 2.

what could be the problem?

22. Joer86 said

23. Sue said

24. Eugene Kovalev said

Thanks a ton, these really helped.

/usr/bin/make -f nbproject/Makefile-Debug.mk SUBPROJEC TS= .build-conf

Hey Eugene, unfortunately I’m still no C (++) expert. Your

Try changing the first line to something like:

(for more info on that notation see: