Compiling under Windows

In case you are using Windows we recommend the MinGW environment from http://www.mingw.org to install GCX. You will also need to install - if not already present - the following required (additional) tools.

• GnuWin32 Make from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm.
• GnuWin32 Bison from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bison.htm.
• GnuWin32 Flex from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/flex.htm.
• GnuWin32 Sed from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm.

1. Download the archive gcx_2-1_src.zip (you might also download the .gz archive gcx_2-1_src.tar.gz) from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=258398.
2. Extract the archive gcx_2-1_src.zip. This will create the following directory structure.
   
   

   gcx_2-1_src		The root folder.
   ./bin		This folder is empty and will - after compilation - contain the binary.
   ./examples		This folder contains sample queries for testing purpose.
   ./sgml		This folder contains sgml sample queries.
   ./tree		This folder contains tree sample queries.
   ./xmark		This folder contains xmark sample queries.
   ./xmp		This folder contains xmp sample queries.
   ./src		This folder contains all required sources for compilation.

3. Step into the src directory by typing

   > cd ./gcx_2-1_src/src

   in a command prompt window.
4. Optionally, but not necessarily, you may want to enable or disable one or more special features by uncommenting or adding FLAGS in the Makefile (Makefile.Windows). A complete list of all available compilation FLAGS can be found in Section Compiling with/without Special Features.
5. Now type

   > make -f Makefile.Windows

   to compile the sources. After compilation a binary file named gcx.exe will be created in the bin directory.
6. You might also consider to add the bin directory to your PATH variable.