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Hi. This just got sent back to me without any comment. If I understood =
the material at your site correctly, I'm supposed to use this address to =
post items to the djgpp mailing list. Thanks.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Michael Book=20
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com=20
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 6:39 PM
Subject: Problem installing DJGPP package
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
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Hi. This just got sent back to me =
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comment. If I understood the material at your site correctly, I'm =
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Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dmjbook AT worldnet DOT att DOT net =
href=3D"mailto:mjbook AT worldnet DOT att DOT net">Michael=20
Book</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Ddjgpp AT delorie DOT com=20
href=3D"mailto:djgpp AT delorie DOT com">djgpp AT delorie DOT com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 21, 2002 =
6:39 PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Problem installing =
DJGPP=20
package</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Hi. I've been looking for a C =
compiler to=20
get more familiar with the language and to practice writing programs=20
with. The one from GNU was referred to over and over again, but =
there=20
was a Catch-22-type situation there, in that you already had to have a =
C=20
compiler to compile it, or (with </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">the compiled Cygwin versions), you had =
to have a=20
way of decompressing .tar</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">or .gz files but you couldn't use =
Winzip or even=20
the decompression programs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">they supplied. Based on this I =
figured I=20
wouldn't be using gcc very soon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Last Sunday, after searching for =
C=20
resources online, I found the cprogramming.com site, where sitting =
innocuously=20
in the list of recommended</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">compilers was DJGPP. I followed =
the link=20
and was elated to find that everything was available in .zip=20
files.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">I followed all the steps in the Zip =
File Picker=20
Results (I'm using Windows</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">98, Version 2) and the download and =
unzipping=20
were 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=20
a 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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">The method of creating the djgpp.bat =
file with=20
the recommended lines doesn't work either. When I try to start =
gcc from=20
either C:\DJGPP\BIN in DOS or with the icon that was =
extracted into=20
the bin folder (which uses gcc.exe) I get the error message =
"environment=20
variable DJGPP not defined".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">I've tried the help files in my =
version of=20
MS-DOS, and I went through a couple of pages of the mail archives =
after=20
searching for "installation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">windows", but with no luck. I'd =
appreciate=20
any help you could give me with this. Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Michael Book</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"></FONT> </DIV>
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