Mingw problem

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I m a Mac user and though I ve got some experience using a PC, I have to admit that Im completely stucked on this one:
could someone provide some additional help as to where I can get something SIMPLE to install... basically the instructions are "download mingw and install the folder on your c drive, then define the environment variables"... sounds simple except for the "download mingw"... WHICH ONE??? on the official site there s a DAMN LOT OF THINGS I can download which has the mingw name and nothing ressembling the awaited result... as a result I ve installed a weird, almost hand made mingw folder, I think I correctly set the variables cause blitzmax apparently allow me to compile the modules (well at least the compile module menu is available), but when I do it, BMax doesn't do much... and when compiling it using the command line tool with BMK, it seems to be a bit more efficient than the bMax app but can't compile anyway (can t remember the error message... but I m completely positive it s a mingw pbm)
anyone to help on this one?