From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Installing djgpp
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 02:28:34 -0500
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Skeletor wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>         How the heck do I install this thing? i followed all the directions on
> the page that I got it from.. When i went lookin around in the
> directories that i extracted it to. I found yet another document that
> tells me to modify some things and it should work.. and it's not
> any solutions??  Thanks in Advance and Thanks for taking time out to
> read it =)

The 'v2/readme.1st' file gives precise instructions for setting up
DJGPP.  If you follow them and it doesn't work for you, then you
probably did something wrong.  There are any number of ways to proceed
from here; the easiest is for you to post your configuration files so we
can see what you did wrong.  The hardest is for you to make all sorts of
general statements that leave us with no way to tell what you actually
tried and why it didn't work.

To recap:  installing DJGPP is as simple as the following steps:

 1) Download the correct files from a SimTel mirror.  'v2/readme.1st'
lists what files you need, and you can look them up interactively via DJ
Delorie's Zip Picker.
 2) Create a "DJGPP" directory or something equivalent.  Unzip the files
into that directory, PRESERVING THE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE!
 3) Add the following lines to your autoexec.bat:

    SET DJGPP=C:/DJGPP/DJGPP.ENV
    SET PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%

If you put DJGPP in some directory other than C:\DJGPP, change the above
paths accordingly.
 4) Reboot so the changes take effect.

That's it.  Once you're done, simply write a program (use a text editor
or your choice of IDEs) and compile it with gcc ("gcc -o foo.exe
foo.c").  If you get errors, correct them.  If you don't understand what
you get, post a capture of the error messages here along with your
(short!) source code so we can try to help.

The DJGPP Frequently Asked Questions list is the best resource for
users, both beginning and advanced, because it is a compilation of the
most commonly-experienced problems.  The FAQ is available from SimTel as
'v2/faq210b.zip' or online at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/. 
Chapter 6 specifically deals with setup and compilation issues, and
chapter 6.12 tells you how to prepare a detailed system report suitable
for posting on this newsgroup/mailing list.

Alternatively, you could volunteer to help me test the latest version of
my DJVERIFY installation diagnostic utility, which is designed to help
users solve basic configuration problems.  It's not ready for release
yet; please email me and tell me you're interested.

hth!

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