Re: [Dev-C++] Newbie Quesition

[A. K. <kli...@ad...>]

Dr Groovenstein wrote:

> 
> Ok, this is helping, thanks for the info.  Now, this is definitely a gcc 
> type package, which came in .tgz format.  So, I untar it, and everything 
> is in this complex directory structure.  The "package" came with a 
> configurator script, which I guess generates a makefile depending on the 
> system the software is compiled on.  Anyway, normally under linux, you 
> would do a "make configure", "make ode-lib" etc...  So, how do you do 
> all of this with Dev-C++?  Or, should I be using cygwin instead?  Is 
> there a way to recursively add files to a project, or do I have to pick 
> them manually out of all those directories?
> 

YOu don't compile them with dev-cpp, instead you use either mingw's MSYS 
or maybe even cygwin. Dev-C++ is for developing new stuff, not for 
compiling already written things. After that, you put the resulting 
libraries where either windows or dev-cpp or both can find it, depending 
what you want to do with them.

Alex