Message-ID: <001b01c2310c$ae4ac720$ea04590c@pavilion> From: "Michael Book" To: References: <000e01c23107$788af560$ea04590c AT pavilion> Subject: Re: Problem installing DJGPP package Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 19:16:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0018_01C230EB.2678E460" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C230EB.2678E460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi. This just got sent back to me without any comment. If I understood = the material at your site correctly, I'm supposed to use this address to = post items to the djgpp mailing list. Thanks. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Book=20 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com=20 Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 6:39 PM Subject: Problem installing DJGPP package Hi. I've been looking for a C compiler to get more familiar with the = language and to practice writing programs with. The one from GNU was = referred to over and over again, but there was a Catch-22-type situation = there, in that you already had to have a C compiler to compile it, or = (with=20 the compiled Cygwin versions), you had to have a way of decompressing = .tar or .gz files but you couldn't use Winzip or even the decompression = programs they supplied. Based on this I figured I wouldn't be using gcc very = soon. Last Sunday, after searching for C resources online, I found the = cprogramming.com site, where sitting innocuously in the list of = recommended compilers was DJGPP. I followed the link and was elated to find that = everything was available in .zip files. I followed all the steps in the Zip File Picker Results (I'm using = Windows 98, Version 2) and the download and unzipping were a piece of cake. = However, when I added the two necessary lines to my Autoexec.bat file = and restarted my computer, it crashed. Windows didn't load (there was a = message that it couldn'y find WIN.COM), and I was left with a pre-DOS = prompt. I went through the contents of the C: directory and the WINDOWS = directory until I found something that gave a MS-DOS prompt, and then I = used the editor to take out the new lines and things were back to = normal. The method of creating the djgpp.bat file with the recommended lines = doesn't work either. When I try to start gcc from either C:\DJGPP\BIN = in DOS or with the icon that was extracted into the bin folder (which = uses gcc.exe) I get the error message "environment variable DJGPP not = defined". I've tried the help files in my version of MS-DOS, and I went through = a couple of pages of the mail archives after searching for "installation windows", but with no luck. I'd appreciate any help you could give me = with this. Thanks. Sincerely, Michael Book ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C230EB.2678E460 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi. This just got sent back to me = without any=20 comment. If I understood the material at your site correctly, I'm = supposed=20 to use this address to post items to the djgpp mailing list. =20 Thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Michael=20 Book
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 = 6:39 PM

Subject: Problem installing = DJGPP=20 package

Hi. I've been looking for a C = compiler to=20 get more familiar with the language and to practice writing programs=20 with. The one from GNU was referred to over and over again, but = there=20 was a Catch-22-type situation there, in that you already had to have a = C=20 compiler to compile it, or (with

the compiled Cygwin versions), you had = to have a=20 way of decompressing .tar

or .gz files but you couldn't use = Winzip or even=20 the decompression programs

they supplied. Based on this I = figured I=20 wouldn't be using gcc very soon.

Last Sunday, after searching for = C=20 resources online, I found the cprogramming.com site, where sitting = innocuously=20 in the list of recommended

compilers was DJGPP. I followed = the link=20 and was elated to find that everything was available in .zip=20 files.

I followed all the steps in the Zip = File Picker=20 Results (I'm using Windows

98, Version 2) and the download and = unzipping=20 were a piece of cake. However, when I added the two necessary lines to = my=20 Autoexec.bat file and restarted my computer, it crashed. Windows = didn't=20 load (there was a message that it couldn'y find WIN.COM), and I was = left with=20 a pre-DOS prompt. I went through the contents of the C: = directory=20 and the WINDOWS directory until I found something that gave = a MS-DOS=20 prompt, and then I used the editor to take out the new lines and = things were=20 back to normal.

The method of creating the djgpp.bat = file with=20 the recommended lines doesn't work either. When I try to start = gcc from=20 either C:\DJGPP\BIN in DOS or with the icon that was = extracted into=20 the bin folder (which uses gcc.exe) I get the error message = "environment=20 variable DJGPP not defined".

I've tried the help files in my = version of=20 MS-DOS, and I went through a couple of pages of the mail archives = after=20 searching for "installation

windows", but with no luck. I'd = appreciate=20 any help you could give me with this. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Michael Book

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