From: "Böhme Uwe" <uwe AT hof DOT baynet DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Newbie Advice Needed
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 06:08:15 +0200
Organization: Bingo (Buergernetz Ingolstadt eV)
Lines: 47
Message-ID: <35C1432F.4CDEB9B7@hof.baynet.de>
References: <35c0fb1d DOT 15862139 AT newsreader DOT 2xtreme DOT net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: port62.hof.baynet.de
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Precedence: bulk

> Hi. I first want to say thanks for the nice site on djgpp. My summer
> classes are almost finished and I really want to get started in game
> programming. I really am not sure where to start but after ready your
> page I thought I'd give djgpp a try. I have had all the c classes at
> my college but I am not sure I have learned enough. I guess I just
> have to get my hands dirty. I am not an idiot but the installation did
> not go 100%(or rhide setup anyway). Everything was unzipped properly,
> but I am having a few errors. At first on compile(doing tutorials), I
> was getting linking errors to headers and library files. The
> manual(rhide) says the default settings are supposed to point to the
> default dirs(I assume ../include;../lib). But I had to set these
> manually and saved them to ../bin/rhide.grp(instruction in manual).
> This fixed all the compile errors, but when I try to run "make" I get
> an error that ld.exe can't find "crt0.o". I see the file in the ../lib
> dir, and I set the objects dir to ../lib, but it still cant find it. I
> realize that this stuff is all freeware, but man it took alot of
> reading to get things going. Basically can you give me any advice on
> the following:
>
> 1. Suggestions on setup stuff you think are important.
> 2. How to get ld.exe to find crt0.o.
> 3. Anything you think I am doing wrong, or need to research.
>
> >end
>
> I am dl'ing allegro as I write this post, but I am not sure exactly
> what is does yet(if it will replace rhide). I am looking for anyones
> advice on things I should do/get inorder to make my learning process
> as painless as possible. Thanks.
>
> thefix AT geocities DOT com

Did you also download the necessary gnu stuff?
How did you pick the necessecary zip's?
Was it:  http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/zip-picker.html
If so the only thing you need to change is the path in the autoexec (e.g.
PATH=C:\DOS;C:\WIN\COMMAND\;C:\DJGPP\BIN;)
and to add an env
(eg. SET DJGPP=C:/DJGPP/DJGPP.ENV)
then in should be done.
If you're using RHIDE also you have to copy DJGPP.ENV from
DJGPP\GNU\gcc-2.81 to your main DJGPP-dir.

Have a lot of fun with your DJGPP.
Uwe