From: mschulter AT DOT value DOT net (M. Schulter) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Download GCC Date: 19 Apr 1997 19:38:45 GMT Organization: Value Net Internetwork Services Inc. Lines: 49 Message-ID: <5jb705$jde$1@vnetnews.value.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: value.net To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Gurunandan R. Bhat (grbhat AT unigoa DOT ernet DOT in) wrote: : : On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Robert Humphris wrote: : : > > : > >When I download GCC, from http://www.delorie.com , EXACTLY which file : > >do I get to get the programs to compile and run my C programs? : > >HELP!!! : > : > The first thing that you should down load is the FAQ : : the file README.1ST, might probably be more useful to a new user. Having started with C and DJGPP just last summer, I might recommend what worked in my own case: getting both README.1ST and the FAQ, and reading both before downloading anything else. While README.1ST was quite clear to me as a DOS user, the FAQ obviously stretched my understanding in many areas -- but gave me the vital information I needed to plan for a sane and rather smooth DJGPP installation. Specifically, while as a raw C newbie I might not understand all the stuff about far pointers, video support, and so on, I could and did very easily understand the parts about system configuration, memory management, and problems with QEMM 7.xx. I suspect that it was _much_ more fun to upgrade to QEMM 7.53 _before_ downloading and installing DJGPP, thus avoiding the known QEMM bugs described, as well as at least being aware of the VM bug remaining even in 7.53 and the possibility of using the _free_ CWSDPMI. Also, I learned the valuable lesson that I should get the original GNU Emacs for DOS -- not yet included back then in the DJGPP suite itself. Of course, people have varying tastes. However, I feel that getting acquainted with both README.1ST and the FAQ before trying to download or install DJGPP is the best policy. (Since I didn't yet have info installed, I just read the FAQ as a text file.) Another suggestion: reading both README.1ST and the FAQ at leisure, and making a checklist of files to ftp, can make the process of getting DJGPP more efficient and enjoyable. Most respectfully, Margo Schulter mschulter AT value DOT net (Please remove the extra . from my default e-mail address)