Sender: nate AT mercury DOT st DOT hmc DOT edu To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: help, djgpp activation References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 32 DOT 20001023171541 DOT 00719d00 AT popmail DOT esa DOT lanl DOT gov> From: Nate Eldredge Date: 23 Oct 2000 16:41:52 -0700 Message-ID: <83itqj15xb.fsf@mercury.st.hmc.edu> Lines: 28 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.5 In-Reply-To: "Luke A. Ney"'s message of "Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:15:42 -0600" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Posted-To: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.os.msdos.djgpp as well. "Luke A. Ney" writes: > Dear Sir: > > I have installed your djgpp C++ compiler from a CD provided with the book > "SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours", Jesse Liberty, to my PC. However, > the first simple program example does not run; error messages related to > 'ostream' and 'cout' which should have been included from the C++ libruary. > Do I need to pay you a fee or get an operating compiler from you? Your > direction would be greatly appreciated. No, DJGPP is a free, fully functional compiler. However, people who include it with books or otherwise sell it often have it installed/configured wrong, or misdocument it. C++ programs should compile if you use the `gxx' command instead of `gcc', which tells the compiler to link the C++ library. If you have further trouble, you should probably install the latest official release of DJGPP, which you can get from http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/zip-picker.html . That way, you can rule out problems specific to the SAMS book, which few people in this forum are likely to be using. -- Nate Eldredge neldredge AT hmc DOT edu