From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 96 02:58:00 UTC 0000
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Subject: Re:  Help!

Reply to message 8853556    from EPMEDLOC AT ECN. on 04/18/96  2:42PM


>I just recently got djgpp v2.... I installed it correctly
>according to the readme files, but when I try to compile I get an error
>message to the effect : cannot exec `as': cannot find file or directory.
>When I looked in the info files I could not understand the remedy that
>was proposed. The info file made reference to this being a problem with
>older versions of gcc. The file said to move the `as' and `ld' files
>(which are exactly what? I never could find out what these files were)
>to some directory such as /usr/lib/..... but I am not running Unix. Help
>me.... I am at a total loss.....

as.exe is the assembler that compiles the output of cc1.exe into .o files.
ld.exe is the linker that combines your .o files with the library .a files into
an executable.  Both can be found in the file 'bnu252b.zip' which is
REQUIRED for DJGPP.  It sounds like you didn't get it when you
downloaded the DJGPP files.  It can be found in the djgpp/v2gnu directory
of any SimTel mirror.

BTW, make sure that you get the version of bnu252b.zip dated Feb. 22!  It
has the most recent copies of all the utilities.

John