In article 873835873.3962@dejanews.com you wrote:

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: When I try to compile anything I always get this message:

: GPC.EXE: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory : GPC.EXE: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 127

: A "dir \as*.* /s" returns nothing. What is the 'as' the compiler is : looking for?

`as' is the assembler. GPC is meant to be part of an existing cygwin32 toolchain, which you don't have. You can get the remaining b17.1 parts as:

ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/home/janjaap/cygwin32/devtools.i486-cygwin32-b17.1.zip

Or, you can get a b18 toolchain (GPC + required tools) as:

ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/home/janjaap/cygwin32/gpc-970624.i386-cygwin32-b18.zip

Don't mix up b17.1 and b18 binaries -- it won't work.

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