From: "deckerben" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: Subject: Re: Installation Problem Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 02:34:39 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3d38af6e$0$32644$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.7.9.176 X-Trace: 1027125103 news.freenet.de 32644 213.7.9.176 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT freenet DOT de To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com "Daniel Noorduin" wrote in message news:qD%Z8.914378$yP6 DOT 29417484 AT Flipper... > Hello > > I'm a newbie trying to learn C and C++, but i'm having trouble setting up > djgpp. I keep getting the following error message when I try to compile even > the simplest C program: > > c:\djgpp\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lc_alias > Does anyone know what this could mean?? The linker cannot find the library file "libc_alias.a" in c:\djgpp\lib --- that is where you have your library files (the ones that end with '.a'), right? Do you have c:\djgpp\lib\libc_alias.a? Do you mind telling me what you have your %DJGPP% environment set to? > I use both windows and DOS, so > perhaps it has something to do with long filenames in DOS?? Here we need info. What version of Windows are you running? What version of DJGPP do you have ... i.e. what does your C:\djgpp\maifest\djdev*.ver say? What comes on the screen when you do a 'gcc --version'? Apparently, there was a while when DJGPP was not compatible with long filenames under NT systems (Win2000, XP, etc.). Ben