From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: help a newbie Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:49:47 -0500 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <351C3B1B.6275@cs.com> References: <351BF26B DOT 20C691D4 AT hotmail DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp246.cs.com 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 Hexa Decimal wrote: > > oh heaven help me, I have no idea how to use this thing! I just > downloaded everything I need, unziped it, but I can't figure out how to > use it from the faq, or from anything else. The info.exe thing wouldn't > werk either....... what am I doing wrong? (I am on win95) Have you read 'readme.1st'? It contains all the basic instructions you need to get DJGPP up and running. In addition, there is a more comprehensive tutorial available at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/ug/, although it isn't complete. It's very difficult to help you without details on what you've tried and how it hasn't worked. However, the most likely cause for initial problems with DJGPP is that you haven't set the PATH and DJGPP environment variables correctly. If this is so, you should read 'readme.1st', which tells you how to set them. If you still have problems, read chapters 6, 8.1, and/or 8.2 of the DJGPP Frequently Asked Questions list (v2/faq210b.zip or online at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/). Chapter 6.12 describes how to prepare a system report that you can submit to this newsgroup if you are totally lost. hth! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich | "A 'critic' is a man who creates | | aka Fighteer I | nothing and thereby feels qualified | | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | to judge the work of creative men." | | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | - Lazarus Long | ---------------------------------------------------------------------