Im using windows XP, and have been trying to use allegro for a few days. This is the first step by step that makes sense and worked very well.
And still works at that.
Installing Allegro - Dev-C++
what when i type cd c:\dev-cpp\allegro in to my command prompt it gives me the message the system cannot find the path specified im pretty much halted at that step because i can continue no further till this is cleared up any help . i followed the above steps correctly as well
Probably because you didn't follow step 2 properly. (It doesn't help that it refers to the allegro 'file' when it should say allegro 'directory'.) Check that you extracted that directory to the prescribed place.
(Although generally I would advise nobody to be using Dev-C++ these days.)
(Although generally I would advise nobody to be using Dev-C++ these days.)
Quote:Original post by Kylotan
(Although generally I would advise nobody to be using Dev-C++ these days.)
Seconded.
There is no reason to use devcpp nowadays. If you prefer to use mingw as compiler for whatever reason there may be, Code::Blocks is the best IDE choice. It's in active development and the 8.02 version they released about half a year ago is really stable and running fine here without any hassle.
Jonhnnyc5538 did a great job of posting step-by-step to install Allegro using Dev-Cpp. I have tried to install Allegro using djgpp for a week without any success. I gave it up and tried John's steps and it worked great with the latest Allegro version 4.2.3.1.
By the way, if we are not using Dev-Cpp, what other compiler that we used now-a-day.
Thanks a lot, John !
By the way, if we are not using Dev-Cpp, what other compiler that we used now-a-day.
Thanks a lot, John !
Wow, you've dug up a pretty old topic here - glad to hear it helped solve your problem though.
In my brief article on Why You Shouldn't Use Dev-C++ I recommend Microsoft's Visual Studio Express Edition or Code::Blocks; both are free (even for commercial use), modern and do not suffer from the large number of bugs found in Dev-C++. You'll also usually find it significantly easier to find help when using a more modern solution.
Quote: Original post by nghiale
By the way, if we are not using Dev-Cpp, what other compiler that we used now-a-day.
By the way, if we are not using Dev-Cpp, what other compiler that we used now-a-day.
In my brief article on Why You Shouldn't Use Dev-C++ I recommend Microsoft's Visual Studio Express Edition or Code::Blocks; both are free (even for commercial use), modern and do not suffer from the large number of bugs found in Dev-C++. You'll also usually find it significantly easier to find help when using a more modern solution.
I will try to use the Microsoft Visual express 8. Do you know if Allegro works in MS-DOS ? I tried to use djgpp to include the Allegro library but I can't find a way to make it worked. This is also an old dos that no one wants to know :)
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the information.
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