From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: installing djgpp (from mike)
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 1997 20:59:17 +0000
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Theomorph2 wrote:
> 
> try reinstalling the files using this switch in pkunzip "/d"

The switch is '-d', not '/d'.  If you've never used pkunzip, don't tell
others how to...

> If this dosent work, there is a complete installation file in the AOL file
> bases
> 
> "djgpp.zip"

Is this a complete installation?  The absolute minimum required files
for DJGPP are 10 megs or so unzipped, and this does not include C++.  In
any case, this archive must specify that it is _not_ a complete set of
files, must indicate where to go to get a complete set, and _must_ at a
minimum indicate where to obtain source code, in accordance with the GNU
General Public License.

I have seen or heard of several unofficial archives of DJGPP on various
file servers.  They all turned out to be faulty in some way:  obsolete
versions, missing required files, or failing to specify where to go to
get the full DJGPP.  Unless somebody is actively maintaining this
archive on AOL, it's probably a bad idea to have it around.

> unzip that into a directory, run install that sets everything up hunky
> dorie.
> 
> its rather large (6 megz) but that shouldnt mater.

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