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From: softbrek AT hathi DOT informatik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de (Hans-Bernhard Broeker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem installing djgpp
Date: 2 Oct 1995 16:21:49 GMT
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I want to provide some additional answers, left out by  'Boon':

rjvdboon AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Boon van der RJ) writes:

>Albert Lu (albertl AT zip DOT com DOT au) wrote:
>: I'm having problems installing djgpp. I have got the following files:

>:  00_INDEX.TXT
>:  BNU252BN.ZIP
>:  DJDEV112.ZIP
>:  DJDOC112.ZIP
>:  DJEOE112.ZIP
>:  GCC263BN.ZIP
>:  GCC263DC.ZIP
>:  INSTALL .DAT
>:  INSTALL .EXE
>:  TXI310BN.ZIP

>: I unzipped them into a directory called \djgpp using pkunzip with the -d 
>: option. Then all the files and subdirectories were extracted, but when I 
>: tried to start the compiler (gcc.exe) it says:

>also use: -o

>: go32 version 1.12 Copyright (C) 1994 DJ Delorie
>: Error: This program requires a version of go32 (1.12.maint3) newer than 
>: this one.

You forgot to install dj112m*.zip (there are four of them, install them
in numeric order).

>: Also the online help doesn't work. I'm talking about the info.exe file, 
>: it only says:

>: info.exe: dir: file not found

>in the DOC\DJGPP directory there is a file called: dir
>if you info in that dir get a menu to choose subjects from.

Also look into the 'configuration file', DJGPP.ENV: is the INFOPATH
variable properly set?. Is there an INFOPATH environment variable
present? The latter might be no good idea. Let DJGPP.ENV handle this.

>Also you can: info -f <FileName> --directory <DirectoryName>
>     (I'm not sure if it's --directory or -directory)

It's just '-d' :-) 

>: Is there an IDE for this thing? And is there proper document for 

Sorry, no IDE. But can use any sufficiently advanced programmers'
editor for this (emacs being the 'Choice of the GNU Generation':-)

>: installing djgpp? I'm currently relying on the FAQ. 

The FAQ is probably the best to rely on, IMHO. (Assuming you are talking
about the FAQ in faq102.zip, that is. But looking at the list above,
you do not seem to have that one. Be sure to get and read it! It's
really a good reference manual.)

>: Is it true that djgpp compiled programs cannot be run under dpmi?

No, this is no more true since about end of 1993 (if I remember correctly),
when version 1.10 came out. I really wonder where all this misinformation
about DJGPP not being DPMI-capable comes from. 

Just my DM 0,02

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (Aachen, Germany)