I really need help installing Allegro 5. I am using code::blocks and I can not figure it out. Yes I have tried the wiki and everything else but still no success. I found a good step by step instruction manual for how to install allegro5 to c::b on this site.

The url is: http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/606041

I am going to explain the steps I have take so far in respect to the above instructions:

Steps 1-4: Success

Step 5: I already had code::blocks (10.05) installed on my computer because I have been coding with it for quit a while so instead of the directory C:\codeblocks which the instructions say to install it in my directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks. All parts of the instructions that ask for the the CodeBlocks directory have include the file path C:\Program Files (x86)\

Step 6: I added the code ;C:\Program Files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin; to the end of what was already in the path system variable. It looks like this now:

C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin;

Step 7: Success looks like this (Variable): MINGDIR (Value): C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\mingw

/* Do capital letters in these paths matter or have any effect at all because my mingw folder is titled MinGW*\

Step 8: Success I copied the "lib" and "include" folder directly to C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\mingw directory

Step 9: Success I copied "Allegro" to C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\mingw directory

Step 10: Success I installed"cmake-2.8.3-win32-x86.exe" to "C:\cmake" and I was sure to select the option to "Add CMAKE to the system path for the current user".

Step 11: Success I created a folder named build in the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\mingw\allegro directory

Step 12: This is the step that fails and I am stuck on. I run cmd.
-I type "c:" without quotes and press enter nothing changes the display looks like this: C:\Users\GetMan>

-I move on and type "cd C:\Program Files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\allegro\build" without quotes and press enter. Now the command display looks like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\allegro\build>

- I type (cmake .. -G "MinGW Makefiles") without parantheticals and press enter. The error is displayed: 'cmake..' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I dont know what I did wrong and I can't reply to the tread that I got the steps from because it is locked. Please help. oh and also I am assuming allegro 5.0.0 rc4 is just the same allegro used to create 2d video games.

Hi there, I would really like, if you have the time, to tell us the problem you found using the wiki tutorial about building Allegro 5. You say you want to install Allegro, but you're reading tutorials about building it. If you're on Windows you can use the pre-complied binaries to skip the building process and save your time.

Also I hope you have noticed this sentence in the tutorial you're reading:

"Some "Not Found" and "Failed" messages should be okay. 
They appear because it didn't find additional libraries that are not required."

He said they're not required but at least you don't need, Audio or Fonts (among others) those libraries are required.

Edgar Reynaldo: Yes in step 10 I installed cmake and added cmake to the system path for the current user. In the Environment Variables > User variables there was variable called PATH with the value C:\cmake.

AMCerasoli: Here is the wiki site I tried

http://wiki.allegro.cc/index.php?title=Windows_Vista,_Code::Blocks_10.05_and_Allegro_5

I already had installed codeblocks 10.05 mingw setup. I went to the wiki installed Mingw which is says to do first then I downloaded the Allgro.cc/files it says to download. I unzip the folder to my desk top and in the "lib" folder I delete all the files that dont have "-static-mt".

Not at one point so far has an allegro installer or .exe popped up

In code blocks I go to the linker setting like the wiki suggests and I add the "lib" files that are in it then I check my MinGW file to make sure the libraries are in there and manually add each on to to the linker in code blocks. Then I add:
-lgcc_eh
-static-libgcc
-static-libstdc++
to the other liker options.

Then in the search directories direction that follows I dont have an c:\allegro directory like the directions state so Im stuck there on the wiki.

I found the steps on allegro.cc and decided to use those instead so I uninstalled everything and tried again.

also if I did ever get the thing ready for use the wiki says that you have to use:
#include <iostream>

#define ALLEGRO_STATICLINK
#include "allegro5/allegro.h"
#include "allegro5/allegro_font.h"
#include "allegro5/allegro_ttf.h"
#include "allegro5/allegro_image.h"
#include "allegro5/allegro_primitives.h"
etc...

when coding with Allegro which I wasn't sure if the etc.. ment etc.. or if it was actually needed as part of the code.

I just need this thing installed so I can figure out how to start using it. I am going to unistall everything and start back from square one.
Tell me what steps you would take or have taken so I can do the same please include links and anything else that will help me. Then give me source code I can use to test the install.

One more question will this code work on allegro 5 with codeblocks

#include <allegro.h>


int main(){
 
    allegro_init();
    install_keyboard();
    set_gfx_mode( GFX_AUTODETECT, 640, 480, 0, 0);
    
    readkey();
    
    return 0;
    
}   
END_OF_MAIN();

No. That is the Allegro 4 API. Allegro 5 is completely different.

The '..' is a separate argument indicating the path to the location of the cmake build files. You have to have a space there.

MinGW doesn't work well when installed to a path with spaces in it.

c:\allegro is symbolic of where you unzipped the zip file containing the allegro binaries...

Follow this, and start over at the beginning.
http://wiki.allegro.cc/index.php?title=Windows_Vista,_Code::Blocks_10.05_and_Allegro_5

Note : You can safely ignore the part where it says to delete some of the libraries. It only says that because it assumes you want to static link, which is a poor assumption. If you know the difference between static and dynamic linking and which libraries are which, you should be fine.

It doesn't know where to find the DLLs.

Go to Settings/Environment/Environment Variables and add one that looks like:

Key: PATH
Value: c:\allegro\bin;%PATH%

Change the name of the folder accordingly.

Alternatively you could:

• Place the DLLs next to your executable

• Adjust your Windows global PATH to contain the bin folder

If so, that's pretty pathetic.

I didn't read closely enough - I didn't see you said to add a new user variable. In that case, it might work. I don't know if you can have both a system and a user variable named path though.

That is a feature I did not know about...

I change the global settings but I have to link to the libraries manually (just once of course),
{"name":"605418","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/7\/2\/722e51eeca915bf32421ddc8759fb2fb.png","w":633,"h":426,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/7\/2\/722e51eeca915bf32421ddc8759fb2fb"}

I can also select the compiler, but I think your way is better. I'll check it out.

Settings->Compiler And Debugger->Global Compiler Settings->Custom Variables Tab

The folder with your program in it.

I went to:

Settings->Compiler And Debugger->Global Compiler Settings->Custom Variables Tab

I added the variable key and value and in the Variable box I have:

PATH = C:\Allegro\bin;%PATH%

Now how do I use it as a compiler/linker option? Where do I put it?

$(varname) means the same as $(folder_with_my_program)?

If so is that the path of the folder or just the name of the folder?

the program I'm guess is allegro or is it the program I'm making?

The name of my project is: allegroFirstShot

AMCerason: I know what an executable/.exe is but I didn't know how to find the folder within code::blocks. The way I found the .exe folder was by going to where I have my programs saved in my OS clicking on the project folder > bin > release > then the .exe is in the release folder. In this folder is where I should copy and paste the libraries I used correct?

And just so I understand exactly what I've been doing these past couple days there is no .exe in Allegro so really its not installed like that right. It is just a bunch of ones and zeros that the MinGW compiler reades so that c::b can use it for GUI when its called upon?

Have patients with me becuase I am more fustrated by all my questions then you are. should installing allegro really be as hard as I'm making it?

What I don't understand is what is the difference between this and linking the libraries the way the Allegro install directions said. I seems that it is the exact say thing anyway

Now inside my variable box I have:

A5LIBS = Lc:\allegro\bin -lallegro_acodec -lallegro_audio -lallegro_color -lallegro_dialog -lallegro_font -lallegro_image -lallegro_memfile -lallegro_physfs -lallegro_primitives -lallegro_ttf -lallegro

i used the file path "bin" instead of "lib" like you said because I linked dynamically.

The direction on the wiki were to use all the "bin" files that ended with "-md.dll" and thought that you just made an error when you gave me the value. After I created the key and value I put $(A5LIBS) in the "other linker options" in the global compiler settings and it did not work. Then I put it the build options > "other linker options" in my project and it still didn't work. I am getting the same error as before:

"The program can't start because allegro-5.0.5-monolith-md.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem"

The files in my c:\allegro\bin I am using to link include:

allegro_acodec-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_audio-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_color-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_dialog-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_font-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_image-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_memfile-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_physfs-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_primitives-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro_ttf-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro-5.0.5-md.dll
allegro-5.0.5-monolith-md.dll