Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:48:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Steve <Strange AT loop DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Wierd errors? Installation problem: cannot exec cpp no such file or dir (ENOENT)
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Steve wrote:

> Somevody please help - I followed the stupid directions completely
                                        ^^^^^^
Do you really think that calling the instructions ``stupid'' will give
people motivation to help you?

> and Im getting wierd errors everytime i try to compile & link,
> "gcc.exe : Installation problem: cannot exec cpp no such file or dir
> (ENOENT)" what the heck does that mean?

The message is IMHO self-explaining: it says that gcc.exe cannot find
cpp, the pre-processor, that it needs to run as part of compilation.

Possible reasons:

  1) You didn't unzip preserving the directory structure (with
     PKUNZIP, use the -d switch).  Solution: unzip again.

  2) You didn't set the DJGPP environment variable.  Type this from
     the DOS prompt:

	 set djgpp=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env

     (If you installed DJGPP in a directory other than c:\djgpp,
     change that line accordingly.)  Then try again and see if this
     helps.

If none of the above works, add -v to the gcc command line and post
here everything that it prints.