I've got Vista, and I'm trying to install dev-c++. The following compile error happens with a clean install of Dev-C++ and Allegro (from a devpak). Although when I tried, DEV-C++ COULD MAKE A CONSOLE APPLICATION! This makes no sense!
This is the compile error:
C:\Users\Davis\Documents\Programming\TestProj\gcc installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory.
I have tried re-installing and I've tried the other common things (Code::Blocks and wxDev-c++) but they have stranger errors than this. (For example - cannot find compiler (That it just installed!) )
I'm hoping this is some simple thing, please tell me what I did wrong.
(And if it matters, TestProj is the name of the folder my project is in. Just tell me if you need more info. I'm using the code that comes with Allegro for a basic project.)
]]>MinGW is broken under Vista. Search google for tips on how to get it to work.
Or you could use Microsoft Visual C++ Express 2005.
]]>But the problem about MVC++ express is that I have NO knowledge on how to install Allegro. So don't even try to get me using it. 
And whoever said that Dev-c++ works fine with Vista... I want to kill them... and for saying that any of those three ide's would work.
Anyway, I just looked at my post on Vista and came up with this: http://aarongiles.com/?p=199, so if that works I guess it's all all right.
]]>Install XP. Or better: get a mac. 
Anyway, I just looked at my post on Vista and came up with this: http://aarongiles.com/?p=199, so if that works I guess it's all all right.
You can get MinGW to work under Vista if you fiddle around long enough. (Although those particular instructions didn't work for me.) It's also possible that an updated stand-alone version of MinGW has been fixed, but I don't really know.
But the problem about MVC++ express is that I have NO knowledge on how to install Allegro. So don't even try to get me using it.
I'm sorry you don't know how to copy and paste the pre-compiled libraries to VC's include and lib folders.
]]>Heh, nobody ever told me it was that simple. I've only seen things with "make a path thing in the registry" and stuff like that. Can you tell me where to get the compiled libraries? Or are you just going to flame me for not knowing?
]]>Dang... never saw that before. Sorry for being an idiot about this... (for whatever that's worth.)
My switch to Microsoft Visual C++ Express 2005 has begun!
]]>Refer to the wiki if you need any help.
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