From: "Chris A. Triebel" <cat AT sun4 DOT iol DOT unh DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: ALLEGRO
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 12:38:42 -0400
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On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, John M. Aldrich wrote:

> Date: Sun, 29 SEP 1996 20:40:07 -0700 
> From: John M. Aldrich <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
> To: Jeremy Ford <jeremyfo AT shore DOT intercom DOT net>
> Newgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Subject: Re: ALLEGRO 
> 
> Jeremy Ford wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I just downloaded ALLEGRO for DJGPP and I was wondering how you
> > installed it.  The documentation says something about running make.exe
> > but when I unzip allegro file to c:\allegro there is no make.exe
> > file...could someone send me that file or tell me how to compile
> > allogro so I can use it...
> 
> You don't need to recompile allegro to use it with your programs. 
> Allegro should come with the file 'liballeg.a' which you should place in
> the \lib directory of your DJGPP installation.  It should also include
> the necessary header files.  Like the library, you can install them in
> your \include directory, but it is preferable to simply modify the
> C_INCLUDE_PATH and CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH to put the allegro include
> directory on the end.  Then just #include the allegro headers like any
> other headers and link liballeg.a when you compile.  RHIDE has options
> to do these things automatically.
> 
> Rebuilding allegro is only necessary if you need to change some part of
> it for some reason.
> 
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> 
> 


Um ... I don't think allegro came with any compiled code.  If I remember 
correctly, I don't have the .zip file in front of me, allegro was 
distributed as source only to conserve on space.  This would then have to 
be built into liballeg.a and the setup and test files.  

Check <djgpp root>/contrib/allegro/ for the the makefile ... I think that 
is where it has been stuck.  At any rate it is in the route directory of 
the allegro sources, wherever they were put.  Find the file ... Yes I 
just checked www.delorie.com in their list and extract area.  If the 
makefile truly does not exist look in

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/dl/ofc/simtel.cgi/simtel/v2tk/

Select alleg21.zip and download the makefile from there.

cat 
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