Download Location for Compiler Installation

[dabramson]

Hello,

When installing the STM GCC compiler through the Manage VisualGDB Packages dialog, the installer is downloaded to %TEMP% (c:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp). The trouble I’m having is that my IT department has placed a policy on that location and does not allow execution from that directory. As such, I get errors when installing the compiler, and the attached event in the windows log.

Is it possible to change the location that visualGDB downloads this file to (configuration or other)?

Thanks,

Dave

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[support]

Hi,

Unfortunately the download location is fixed, however you could simply download the installer manually from gnutoolchains.com and install it to any location of your choice. Once the installation completes, VisualGDB will be able to find the toolchain.

[dabramson]

Ok.

It’s unfortunate that there is only a manual work around. This also means that shared settings do not work on the TFS build server. I had to manually install the compiler instead of it being synced automatically when I queued the build.

[support]

Hi,

We could easily add a registry setting that would override the temporary directory for downloaded files. Would that work for you?

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