From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem with Allegro game library
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Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 18:33:46 GMT
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On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 17:57:51 +0300, "Tony" <mail_box AT iobox DOT fi> wrote:

>K Donovan <dood DOT s AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> kirjoitti
>viestissä:8pc6ng$4pk$1 AT news DOT ihug DOT co DOT nz...
>> gcc map.c -o map.exe -lalleg
>> When I (try to) compile with allegro (using DJGPP) I get the message '
>> c:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot find  -lalleg'
>> What does that mean how can I fix it?
>
>U understand English?
>Compiler doesn't find liballeg.a

But that's not how to _fix_ it.

To OP:  First build and install Allegro as described in readme.dj

C:\...\ALLEGRO>fixdjgpp
Converting source to DJGPP format...
C:\...\ALLEGRO>make
Compiling Allegro for DJGPP, optimized...
[wait an hour or so]
C:\...\ALLEGRO>make install

Now test your Allegro installation by trying to build


/* allegro-hello.c by Damian Yerrick */

#include <allegro.h>

int main(void)
{
  allegro_init();
  install_timer();
  install_keyboard();
  if(set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, 320, 200, 0, 0) < 0)
    return 1;
  alert("Hello world", "", "",
        "OK", 0, 13, 0);
  return 0;
}


C:\...>gcc -Wall -O   allegro-hello.c -lalleg   -o allegro-hello.exe

If you have any problems building allegro-hello.c, write back.

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