Re: [Dev-C++] a basic question about devc++

[Michal M. <mol...@se...>]

Matthews wrote:
> Ok, when *I* tried to install Allegro from a standalone download instead of
> a devpak I had to follow a special tutorial for configuring it to work with
> Dev-C++, and then it still didn't work :\

OK, that's a little bit harder, but not so much:

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==== Setting up Dev-C++ to build Allegro ====
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1) Make sure you have working Dev-C++ installation. (You can do this
    by installing the latest Dev-C++ 5.0 beta with Mingw/GCC 3.2 from
    http://bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html ).

2) Run Dev-C++, go to Tools\Check for Updates/Packages... and
    install DirectX package (if you haven't done this already).
    Close the Dev-C++.

2) Open command line window in the directory where you have unpacked
    Allegro. Run these commands:

    c:\allegro> path c:\Dev-Cpp\bin;%PATH%
    c:\allegro> set MINGDIR=c:\Dev-Cpp
    c:\allegro> fix mingw32
    c:\allegro> make
    c:\allegro> make install

    where c:\Dev-Cpp is path to your Dev-C++ instalation (so adjust
    these commands appropriately)

3) that's all

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actually the current build docs are a little bit overcomplicated, the new release will have something like these (already fixed in CVS)