From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Please help... Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 20:50:04 -0700 Organization: Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt Lines: 25 Message-ID: <325DC3EC.58B4@cs.com> References: Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp211.cs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: John To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp John wrote: > > Sorry to bother everyone, but can somebody please, please, please help me with the installation of DJGPP on my P.C. > > I've installed all the correct files from the .zip's I think (as in the FAQ - which I HAVE read). I've set the environment > variables correctly (from the FAQ again) but everytime I try to invoke the compiler I get a message saying 'Sorry can't > compile 16-bit apps' or something like that... Does anyone out there know what I'm doing wrong? You have programs from a Borland C compiler in your PATH before the djgpp files. When you compile, these programs are run instead of the djgpp programs, and since they run in an incompatible DPMI mode, you get the 'Can't run 16-bit apps' error. Either move the DJGPP\BIN directory to the front of your PATH, or remove the Borland directory (and preferably the Borland files :) ) altogether. BTW, the FAQ (v2/faq201b.zip) mentions this problem in section 6.7 ("Make crashes..."). -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I | fighteer AT cs DOT com | | Plan: To find ANYONE willing to | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | | play Descent 2 on DWANGO! | Tagline: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------