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From: "George Foot" <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
To: Scott Daddy-o <chimpo AT earthling DOT net>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:11:44 +0000
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Subject: Re: Installation error when compiling
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On 26 Aug 98 at 22:13, Scott Daddy-o wrote:

> I'm new to DJGPP and C++ in general (I'm taking CSE200 at ASU and they
> reccommend this program as some great freeware.)  But when I try to compile
> a simple program (copied directly from my textbook) I get the error
> "gcc.exe" installation problem, cannot exec 'as': No such file or directory
> (ENOENT)"  and then it returns me to the c:\DJGPP prompt.  I browsed th mail
> archives and found someone with the same problem.  I looked at the responses
> and they said to make sure you have your path and environment set in the
> Autoexec.bat file, which I do.  It said that if that doesn't work to post a
> few things, so I will and hopefully someone can help me.

You didn't say which ZIP files you installed.  Make sure you have the 
bnu*b.zip file (the latest version is 2.8.1, so it's "bnu281b.zip") 
from the v2gnu directory.

If you already have this, please post a directory listing of all 
*.ver files in your `manifest' directory and the file "errors.txt" 
produced by:

    redir -o errors.txt -eo gcc -v ........

Put your gcc command line in place of the dots.  The `-v' switch is
important, it tells gcc to be verbose.  Also tell us exactly what
command line you are using.

If you like you can download an automatic installation checker by
John M. Aldrich.  Go to http://www.cs.com/fighteer/.  It's called
DJVERIFY, and will perform extensive tests on your installation and
suggest solutions to any problems it finds.  It can also generate a
report for you to post here when asking for help (but the one you
already posted is very nearly `complete').

> 3) go32-v2
> 
> DPMI memory available: 36583 Kb
> DPMI swap space available: 25885 Kb
> (Does the fact that I have like twelve windows open while running the
> go32-v2 program affect this?)

Probably, but it's not too important -- you have plenty of memory 
free there.  Just run go32-v2 in whatever environment you're trying 
to use djgpp in.

> 4)The only changes I made to the DJGPP.ENV file is I changed the LFN=n line
> to LFN=y.

It's not recommended to change djgpp.env in this way.  You can set 
the environment variable instead ("set LFN=y"); djgpp.env will only 
set "LFN=n" if the environment variable does not already exist.

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george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk