Re: [Dev-C++] Newbie Question

[Ray K. <ray...@my...>]

On 01 Apr 2004, A. Klingenstein wrote:
>
> Dr Groovenstein wrote:
>
>>
>> Ok, this is helping, thanks for the info.  Now, this is definitely a g=
cc
>> type package, which came in .tgz format.  So, I untar it, and everythi=
ng
>> is in this complex directory structure.  The "package" came with a
>> configurator script, which I guess generates a makefile depending on t=
he
>> 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 pic=
k
>> them manually out of all those directories?
>>
>
> YOu don't compile them with dev-cpp, instead you use either mingw's MSY=
S
> 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, dependin=
g
> what you want to do with them.

To expand upon this: The compiler Dev-C++ comes with and uses is the MinG=
W
port of gcc.  It can be found in the dev-cpp/bin directory normally and c=
an
be used from the command line just like normal.  MSYS is a collection of
other MinGW ports that might be necessary to run a makefile.  It can be=20
found
at http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml

One other point, regarding whether or not you need to start a project to
compile: if you're just compiling one file (and don't need to call the=20
linker)
and if it doesn't take any special command line options, just gcc foo -o=20
bar,
you can just create a single file and compile that.  If you would need mo=
re
than one simple command line to compile it, you'll probably to make a=20
project.