Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 14:29:10 -0800 (PST)
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To: dave DOT nugent AT ns DOT sympatico DOT ca, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: I've read the allegro faq but...
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At 12:23  1/4/1998 -0800, Dave Nugent wrote:
>I've downloaded Allegro v2.2 and am trying to create the library.  I got
>a few error messages at
>the end:
>setup/setup:cc:1: iostrean.h: No such file or directory (ENOENT) &
>setup/setup.cc:3: fstream.h No such file or directory (ENOENT)
>
>I checked the Faq, and it said I needed the C++ Files (I orginaly picked
>C only from the DJGPP Files You Need
>Picker).  The Faq said to dl & install the lgp*b.zip file.  I did this,
>and I am still having problems.
You also need the file gpp*b.zip, which is the actual C++ compiler. However,
this is only necessary if you want to compile the `setup' utility. If not,
use the `-k' option to `make' and ignore the error messages.
>I noticed however that the docs say there will be a file created called
>liballeg.a.
>
>This file is created although I get errors.  It is 389,884 bytes.  Is
>this the proper size?
Yes.
>
>Also, the docs say add "alleg" when using RHIDE and make sure the box is
>ticked.  Shouldn't
>this say add "liballeg.a" ?
Using the `-l' option when linking automatically assumes "libWHATEVER.a".

Incidentally, Allegro 3.0 has now been released. You may want to consider
getting it before you get too much farther along. If I recall correctly, the
setup program for it is written in plain C, which will keep you from having
to get C++.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net