To:	demandrd AT compusmart DOT ab DOT ca, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Easy question about Allegro 2.11
Message-ID:	<19971224.204325.7239.0.Praxis_Beta@juno.com>
References:	<32c0321e DOT 0 AT ntnews DOT compusmart DOT ab DOT ca>
From:	praxis_beta AT juno DOT com (Bruce A. Locke)
Date:	Tue, 24 Dec 1996 20:45:47 EST

On Mon, 23 Dec 1996 20:39:07 GMT demandrd AT compusmart DOT ab DOT ca (Demandred)
writes:
>This is the easy question of the month:
>
>where should I unzip alleg211.zip?  Should I create a new directory in
>\DJGPP, or what?
>
>Thanx
>
>

I simply unziped it using UNZIP386.EXE from within a directory named
ALLEGRO in the C:\DJGPP directory. I just did this:

C:\DJGPP> mkdir ALLEGRO
C:\DJGPP> cd ALLEGRO
C:\DJGPP\ALLEGRO>unzip386 c:\temp\alleg211.zip

(Sorry for the command lines but I couldn't find a way to put it into
words tonight *8-)

>From within the C:\DJGPP\ALLEGRO directory, I had no problems using the
make file.  I just CDed into the directory with the makefile and typed in
MAKE.  About 45 minutes later, everything was compiled and worked!!!! 
*8-)

Of course you can do what I always do when I download a zip file:
- Create a temporary directory (such as C:\TEMP) and uncompress it within
the temp directory.  I then look at the directory structure and from
there its easy to figure out if something fits within the DJGPP
installation "standard."  (Note: Almost everything I've downloaded from
DELORIE.COM/SIMTEL does....  *8-) 

This technique of unziping it in a ZIP directory is also helpful because
in cases like Allegro, a included file (README.TXT) tells you how to
install it...  *8-)

Hope this helps.....


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Bruce Locke
Praxis_Beta AT Juno DOT Com
http://www.nyx.net/~blocke

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