From: fighteer AT cs DOT com (John M. Aldrich)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro configuration problem
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 04:00:58 GMT
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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:10:01 -0600, rocket88 <rocket88 AT hotmail DOT com>
wrote:

> I am having a problem compiling Allegro.  When I run make.exe, is it
> from the command line and what do I use as input?  Also when I enter
> "alleg" in Rhides options/lib,  the compiler doesnt recognize it (I get
> an error)
> What do I need to do to get up and running.  I have the faqs, but I
> guess I am missing the answer somewhere.

You must do the following things to install Allegro (all outlined in the
documentation for Allegro, btw):

1) Unzip Allegro in a separate directory (NOT the main djgpp directory).
Make sure that you preserve the directory structure!
2) Change to the main Allegro directory, and type "make".

That's it!  The makefile will perform all necessary operations,
including copying the allegro.h and liballeg.a files to the appropriate
djgpp directories.

Of course, you need GNU Make in order to run make.  It can be found in
the 'v2gnu/mak375b.zip' package on SimTel.  You also need the C++
packages to compile the 'setup' program.  If you don't want to get them,
invoke type "make -k" instead of just "make", and ignore the errors
about setup.  (Since I haven't tested that, it may not work - if not,
just edit the makefile and remove the rule to compile "setup.exe".)

> PATH C:\;C:\WINDOWS\C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\ZIP;
> SET DJGPP=D:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
> SET PATH=I:\CA_APPSW
>  set path=D:\;d:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%;
> is this the problem?

Looks fine.  To be absolutely sure, try running a sample compilation and
posting the resulting errors as shown in the FAQ section 6.12.

> from what I have read in this newsgroup, I am very excited to work with
> allegro...thanks for you support and understanding!

Good luck!

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