From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: What files do I Really need? Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 16:04:37 -0400 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt. Lines: 60 Message-ID: <357AF255.6EBA4D1D@cs.com> References: <357AB511 DOT B08B7341 AT zetnet DOT co DOT uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp125.cs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Chris Jamieson wrote: > > I am a novice programer who want's to write really simple programs that > can run on their own (I am currently programing with a Lite version of > Bordland c++ which can only run programs from within the IDE). I want > to do everything from within Rhide and just want the basics to get > programs to run. I have already tried to download Djgpp but I have had > a few errors and am unsure if what I am downloading is what i need. If > anybody could give me a small list of the essential files i would be > much obliged. The file 'readme.1st' which is found in the v2 subdirectory on SimTel tells you exactly what you need for a minimum installation. If you would like to use an automated tool to figure out what your needs are, try the Zip Picker at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/zip-picker.html. Briefly: To compile basic C programs (not C++), using RHIDE as your IDE, you need the following files at a bare minimum: v2/djdev201.zip v2gnu/bnu281b.zip v2gnu/gcc281b.zip v2apps/rhide14b.zip To compile and run programs under plain DOS (without Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 loaded), you must have: v2misc/csdpmi4b.zip To compile C++ programs, you need the following in addition to the above: v2gnu/gpp281b.zip v2gnu/lgp2811b.zip I _highly_ recommend the following additional packages: v2/faq210b.zip Frequently Asked Questions v2gnu/txi390b.zip Info documentation reader v2gnu/mak3761b.zip GNU Make Once you download the appropriate files, you must follow the instructions in 'readme.1st' to create a directory, unzip the files, and set up your environment variables so that the compiler knows how to find headers and libraries. Different options pertain depending on whether you want to run with long filenames under Windows 95 or not. There is a partially complete User's Guide available at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/ug/. I suggest that all beginners browse through it. Good luck! Come back here if you have any further questions. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich | "Waking a person unnecessarily | | aka Fighteer I | should not be considered a capital | | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | crime. For a first offense, that | | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | is." - Lazarus Long | ---------------------------------------------------------------------