From: "Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: When I use RHIDE to build C++ program...
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 11:35:34 +0100
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Burger Rule wrote in message <7oa1q1$1ent$1 AT nnrp01 DOT ops DOT uunet DOT co DOT za>...
>
>Alvin Lau <alvin_lau AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
>news:37a81f73 AT ruby DOT hknet DOT com...
>> When I use RHIDE to build C++ program, it always responds an error
message
>> "Error: c:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot open -lstdcx: No such file or
>directory
>> (ENOENT)"


It's explained in the FAQ (section 8.7) and in this HOWTO
http://www.delorie.com/howto/rhide/lstdcx-fix.html

>> Why ? Anyone know how to build C++ program with RHIDE ??
>> (I have both gcc and gxx in bin directory)


Rhide handles this for you providing you have followed the instructions
provided in the URL above.

>Hi!.
>
>I have the same problem.
>I don't know why it does that, BUT I do know how to bypass it.
>
>Compile the program in RHIDE. This creates an object file with a ".o"
>extension.
>From RHIDE, goto FILE then DOS SHELL.
>Change to the directory in which the object file is.
>Say your program is "test.cpp".
>When you compiled it, "test.o" is created.
>
>To create the executable file, type in:
>
>        gxx -o test.exe test.o
>
>Say you used the Allegro library with your program, type in:
>
>        gxx -o test.exe test.o -lalleg
>
>You now can run your program by typing "test".
>
>SO...
>
>The syntax goes:
>
>        gxx -o [name of executable file . exe] [name of object file .o]
>[library(if any)]
>
>RHIDE does the same, but it adds a -lstdcx switch for some reason I don't
>know.
>I am using this until I find out how to solve this "-lstdcx" thing.


Follow the above URL :-)
-lstdcxx is the C++ library which needs to be linked when you are compiling
C++ files. To use gcc you need to provide the library (as Rhide does), but
you can use gxx which does that for you.