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From: "Stefan Viljoen" <rylan AT intekom DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP-Newbie needs help
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:21:44 +0300
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> Well, actually I didn't download the files, but installed DJGPP from a CD,
> which was included in C++ Book ("SAMS Teach yourself C++ in 21 Days"); the

Hmm - I seem to remember somebody posting a similar question a while ago
about buying a book and that "the C++ compiler wouldn't work" - it seems
there is a general problem with this SAMS book? Anybody else?

> installation program did everything by itself, so I assumed, that the
> installation was done right, but obviously I'll have to download and
install
> everything by myself...strange though: The Stubify.exe was on the CD in a
> zipped file, but wasn't installed by the setup program on my HD, also some

Problem with the CD? Best guess..!

> of the other files were not installed correctly...maybe the setup-program
> just has a few bugs and I'll have to install it manually...

I do not personally know of any "setup program" for DJGPP - generally you
just unzip all the archives with the -d switch, set up an environment
variable called DJGPP that points to DJGPP.ENV, and there you go! This
worked for me when I got DJGPP.... anybody?


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