From: "samayel" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: Subject: Re: MAKEing Allegro w/ DJGPP on Win XP Lines: 55 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 00:12:00 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.106.87.60 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT cox DOT net X-Trace: news1.east.cox.net 1053216720 68.106.87.60 (Sat, 17 May 2003 20:12:00 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 20:12:00 EDT Organization: Cox Communications To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com "Andrew" wrote in message news:bugdcv007k00koa70g06hsrg01vs31qq97 AT 4ax DOT com... > >I've read the readme, searched through the FAQs, and tried playing with the > >makefile (a little)... but... I can NOT get DJGPP to make Allegro... I keep > >getting the same error... > Make sure you are using the DJDEV203*.zip release 2 or the DJGPP 2.04 > alpha 1 release on XP. I have DJDEV203.ZIP but I don't know where to look to see if it is release 2 I can't seem to find 2.04, do you have a link? > > >I have followed the instructions EXACTLY... I set the environment variable, > >set the path variable, edited the autoexec.bat, rebooted many times, and > >nothing I do seems to have any effect. I simply can not get it to build. > From the 2.04 alpha readme.1st:- > > * For Windows 2000 or Windows XP systems: > > - Right-click "My Computer", then select "Properties"; > - Select the "Advanced" tab, then click "Environment Variables" > button; > - Edit the PATH system variable to add the DJGPP bin subdirectory; > (if you are not an administrator, add the DJGPP bin directory to > the user PATH variable - or create one with only this directory > since it is added to the system path); > - Add a new variable DJGPP and set its value to the full path > name of the DJGPP.ENV file as explained below. > > After doping this check that the DJGPP environment variable is setup > correctly by typing "set djgpp", DO NOT put "=". If it is correct then > go and download the updated DJDEV203*.zip. > > If this still does not work then please cut out the text from the dos > prompt where regarding the error and the lines above the error. > > Andrew > I already did all of that, exactly as stated in the readme. if I type PATH, it shows me the path and "c:\djgpp\bin" is at the front of it. if I type "set djgpp" it shows me "DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV" and I already included the text from the dos prompt in my initial email. S.