I am somewhat clueless, but not completely???

I am trying to setup Allegro 4.4.0.1 for use with the NetBeans 6.8 IDE utilizing the MinGW compilers on a Windows XP machine. I can compile and run regular C++ programs so I think the NetBeans and MinGW part of the equation is working properly. I had previously used Allegro on VC with precompiled binaries[?] but I guess I need to compile it on my own for use with MinGW which I have never done before.

I am using CMake 2.8.0, and when I try to configure I get the following messages:

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The C compiler identification is GNU
The CXX compiler identification is GNU
Check for working C compiler: C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe
CMake Error: Generator: execution of make failed. Make command was: /MinGW\ Makefiles "cmTryCompileExec/fast"
Check for working C compiler: C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe -- broken
CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:50 (MESSAGE):
The C compiler "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe" is not able to compile a simple test
program.

It fails with the following output:

Change Dir: C:/MinGW/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

Run Build Command:/MinGW\ Makefiles "cmTryCompileExec/fast"

The system cannot find the file specified

Generator: execution of make failed. Make command was: /MinGW\ Makefiles
"cmTryCompileExec/fast"

CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:46 (project)

Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

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For "Where is the source code:" I have "C:/MinGW/allegro" and for "Where to build the binaries:" I have "C:/MinGW".

I notice that the value for CMAKE_SH is CMAKE_SH-NOTFOUND

Any help is much appreciated:-*

Determining if the C compiler works failed with the following output:
Change Dir: C:/MinGW/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

Run Build Command:/MinGW\ Makefiles "cmTryCompileExec/fast"
The system cannot find the file specified
Generator: execution of make failed. Make command was: /MinGW\ Makefiles "cmTryCompileExec/fast"

EDIT: strange I can edit my post but not post a reply to it.

Anyway I found someone else with what looks like the same problem who found a solution but I do not understand how to implement the solution.

From: http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg13859.html

Sattler seems to give the solution here: http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg13871.html

And the original poster says it works here: http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg13930.html

but I do not understand what he did/changed to fix the problem. I have the PATH set in my environment settings but I do not know how to set the LIB and INCLUDE.

I did. This is all that is in the CMakeError.log:

Determining if the C compiler works failed with the following output:
Change Dir: C:/MinGW/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

Run Build Command:/MinGW\ Makefiles "cmTryCompileExec/fast"
The system cannot find the file specified
Generator: execution of make failed. Make command was: /MinGW\ Makefiles "cmTryCompileExec/fast"

Ok, making progress now;D

I redid everything having C:\allegro separate from C:\MinGW instead of inside it and managed to get much further along, but still something missing. When I configure I get:
"
Guessed MinGW directory: C:/MinGW
Could NOT find ZLIB (missing: ZLIB_LIBRARIES ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS)
Could NOT find PNG (missing: PNG_LIBRARY PNG_PNG_INCLUDE_DIR)
Could NOT find VORBIS (missing: OGG_INCLUDE_DIR VORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR OGG_LIBRARY VORBIS_LIBRARY VORBISFILE_LIBRARY)
Configuring done
"

I have no idea what any of that stuff is. I thought I DLed all of the right stuff.

allegro-4.4.0.1.zip is what I made C:\allegro from, while C:\MinGW is made from 15 different archives:

binutils-2.20-1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz
gcc-c++-4.4.0-mingw32-bin.tar.gz
gcc-c++-4.4.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz
gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-bin.tar.gz
gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz
gdb-7.0.50.20100202-mingw32-bin.tar.gz
gmp-4.2.4-mingw32-dll.tar.gz
libiconv-1.13-mingw32-dll-2.tar.gz
make-3.81-20090914-mingw32-bin.tar.gz
mingwrt-3.17-mingw32-dev.tar.gz
mingwrt-3.17-mingw32-dll.tar.gz
mpfr-2.4.1-mingw32-dll.tar.gz
pthreads-w32-2.8.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz
w32api-3.14-mingw32-dev.tar.gz
dx80_mgw.zip

So what am I missing? Or maybe I put something in the wrong place?

There must be some next step that I am missing? I did the generate and it says "generating done" but I don't have any alleg44.dll

Don't I need that for the Linker libraries? And there is an allegro.h in C:\allegro\include which I added to C:\MinGW\include but for some reason NetBeans IDE can't find it there when I have #include <allegro.h>

I really appreciate the help guys; I know I have gotten it to work by using precompiled binaries I got from allegro-4.4.0-mingw-bin.zip, but I am really trying to figure out how to do it myself.

EDIT: I am using C:/allegro for the source code when I configure and generate and I have tried using C:/allegro and also C:/MinGW for where to build the binaries and neither seems to generate the results I get from extracting allegro-4.4.0-mingw-bin.zip

I cannot find a 'make' to run. No 'mingw32-make' and no 'make-mingw32' either.

After some searching it looks like this is a tool separate from CMake?

Let me see if I have this right; CMake is used to make a makefile and then make is run on that makefile?

EDIT: OK I downloaded the mingw32-make installer and installed it.

I now have C:\MinGW\bin mingw32-make.exe, but when I run it the console flashes and that is about it.

EDIT2: w00t I moved mingw32-make into C:\MinGW and ran it and now it is going to work!

Yes, I double clicked on it after moving it and it seemed to work. I got a test program to work as well.

Right now I am looking to find the allegro static library so that I don't need to include the alleg44.dll