Message-ID: <000e01c23107$788af560$ea04590c@pavilion> From: "Michael Book" To: Subject: Problem installing DJGPP package Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 18:39:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000B_01C230E5.F052D6C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C230E5.F052D6C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi. I've been looking for a C compiler to get more familiar with the = language and to practice writing programs with. The one from GNU was = referred to over and over again, but there was a Catch-22-type situation = there, in that you already had to have a C compiler to compile it, or = (with=20 the compiled Cygwin versions), you had to have a way of decompressing = .tar or .gz files but you couldn't use Winzip or even the decompression = programs they supplied. Based on this I figured I wouldn't be using gcc very = soon. Last Sunday, after searching for C resources online, I found the = cprogramming.com site, where sitting innocuously in the list of = recommended compilers was DJGPP. I followed the link and was elated to find that = everything was available in .zip files. I followed all the steps in the Zip File Picker Results (I'm using = Windows 98, Version 2) and the download and unzipping were a piece of cake. = However, when I added the two necessary lines to my Autoexec.bat file = and restarted my computer, it crashed. Windows didn't load (there was a = message that it couldn'y find WIN.COM), and I was left with a pre-DOS = prompt. I went through the contents of the C: directory and the WINDOWS = directory until I found something that gave a MS-DOS prompt, and then I = used the editor to take out the new lines and things were back to = normal. The method of creating the djgpp.bat file with the recommended lines = doesn't work either. When I try to start gcc from either C:\DJGPP\BIN = in DOS or with the icon that was extracted into the bin folder (which = uses gcc.exe) I get the error message "environment variable DJGPP not = defined". I've tried the help files in my version of MS-DOS, and I went through a = couple of pages of the mail archives after searching for "installation windows", but with no luck. I'd appreciate any help you could give me = with this. Thanks. Sincerely, Michael Book ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C230E5.F052D6C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi. I've been looking for a C = compiler to=20 get more familiar with the language and to practice writing programs = with. =20 The one from GNU was referred to over and over again, but there was a=20 Catch-22-type situation there, in that you already had to have a C = compiler to=20 compile it, or (with

the compiled Cygwin versions), you had = to have a=20 way of decompressing .tar

or .gz files but you couldn't use Winzip = or even=20 the decompression programs

they supplied. Based on this I = figured I=20 wouldn't be using gcc very soon.

Last Sunday, after searching for C = resources=20 online, I found the cprogramming.com site, where sitting innocuously in = the list=20 of recommended

compilers was DJGPP. I followed = the link and=20 was elated to find that everything was available in .zip = files.

I followed all the steps in the Zip File = Picker=20 Results (I'm using Windows

98, Version 2) and the download and = unzipping were=20 a piece of cake. However, when I added the two necessary lines to my=20 Autoexec.bat file and restarted my computer, it crashed. Windows = didn't=20 load (there was a message that it couldn'y find WIN.COM), and I was left = with a=20 pre-DOS prompt. I went through the contents of the C: directory=20 and the WINDOWS directory until I found something that gave a = MS-DOS=20 prompt, and then I used the editor to take out the new lines and things = were=20 back to normal.

The method of creating the djgpp.bat = file with the=20 recommended lines doesn't work either. When I try to start gcc = from either=20 C:\DJGPP\BIN in DOS or with the icon that was extracted into = the bin=20 folder (which uses gcc.exe) I get the error message "environment = variable DJGPP=20 not defined".

I've tried the help files in my version = of MS-DOS,=20 and I went through a couple of pages of the mail archives after = searching for=20 "installation

windows", but with no luck. I'd = appreciate=20 any help you could give me with this. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Michael Book

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