Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 08:23:40 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Bryan E. Mcclendon" <bemcclen AT mail DOT pittstate DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: FAQ? Newbie questions


On 2 Dec 1995, Bryan E. Mcclendon wrote:

> Where can I get an FAQ partaining to DJGPP and specifically how I can
> install DJGPP to use from Windows95. I have decided to teach myself
> C/C++ and have chosen DJGPP as the compiler I will use. I downloaded V2
> beta and most of the files related to it but cant realy make heads or
> tails of what I should do. I have no experience with C and little to
> none with Unix (Im not even sure what a Makefile is) and would

V2.0 is still in beta, so there's no FAQ for it yet.  You can get the FAQ 
list for DJGPP v1.x (available as faq102.zip from any SimTel mirror, 
directory SimTel/vendors/djgpp/); most of the things there are still true 
in v2.0, especially those which talk about DPMI environment and running 
under Windows.  The FAQ is probably the good starting point for a newbie 
(and if it isn't, please tell me where it misled you, so I could improve 
on it).

> I download several files I thought I may need including:

You didn't get gpp263; without it you can't compile C++ program (lgpp is 
only the C++ class libraries, it doesn't include the C++ compiler).

After you read the FAQ (especially its first 3 chapters), use the 
stand-alone Info prgram (from txi360b archive) to browse the hypertext 
docs which come with each of the other packages.