What libraries are included with Dev-C++ to allow downloading files over http, ftp, etc? And where can I find documentation about using them? Can anyone give me some example code of the library in use? Also, if there aren't any libraries built in to Dev-C++, what are some easy ones to build/install on a windows machine? I can build from source on Ubuntu just fine but on Windows it gets me all confused. Thanks in advance.
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> I can build from source on Ubuntu just fine but on
> Windows it gets me all confused.
That's what the DevPak system attempts to solve. However because manu open source projects originate from Linux and use configure scripts and makefiles to build and install, you might be more comfortable using msys, it is a minimal bash-like shell that supports many basic Linux build requirements - specifically you can run configure scripts. It is part of Minimal GNU for Windows (MinGW), of which Dev-C++ uses a subset for its default toolchain. See www.mingw.org.
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What libraries are included with Dev-C++ to allow downloading files over http, ftp, etc? And where can I find documentation about using them? Can anyone give me some example code of the library in use? Also, if there aren't any libraries built in to Dev-C++, what are some easy ones to build/install on a windows machine? I can build from source on Ubuntu just fine but on Windows it gets me all confused. Thanks in advance.
> What libraries are included with Dev-C++ to allow
> downloading files over http, ftp, etc?
None. However, in Dev-C++, select Tools->Updates and Packages, then select the Devpaks.org server, and from teh Networking section, select libcurl.
Alternatively go direct at http://devpaks.org/details.php?devpak=78. The downloaded package will be installed by double-clicking the file.
> And where can I find documentation about using them?
http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/
> I can build from source on Ubuntu just fine but on
> Windows it gets me all confused.
That's what the DevPak system attempts to solve. However because manu open source projects originate from Linux and use configure scripts and makefiles to build and install, you might be more comfortable using msys, it is a minimal bash-like shell that supports many basic Linux build requirements - specifically you can run configure scripts. It is part of Minimal GNU for Windows (MinGW), of which Dev-C++ uses a subset for its default toolchain. See www.mingw.org.
Clifford