Getting Allegro Set Up

[Pennywise]

Hi...
Sorry that I am posting quite frequently. I will try to keep my posts to a minimum next time.

I have read my C++ book and wanting to install Allegro.
I already got SDL but the way I did that was download files and extract them and put them on my compiler.
With Allegro do I have to do the same thing?
I installed the Allegro Dev Pack for Dev C++ compiler and was wondering if that was the way to go.
Or did I have to get Allegro the same way I got SDL, extract files and put them in directories and stuff...

Thanks

[Bakkon]

http://www.youtube.com/user/LusikkaMage ... 6F495BD17E

[Pennywise]

Thanks Bakkon. But the sound card on my computer don't work, so I can't here anything on youtube.

[RyanPridgeon]

In future let us know what compiler/IDE you're using. Anyway...
This is what you do. (This is from my experience with GCC, but I assume its the same for other compilers)

First, get the version appropriate for your compiler. Then your library will have headers, libs and DLLs. You take the headers, and paste them in your compiler's include directory.

Then you take the lib files (.a/.o/.la), and paste them in your compiler's lib directory.

Now the DLL's are what the program uses when it's run. This means that anyone who wants to run your program needs these. So you can either paste them in the same folder as your project, or in your WINDOWS/System32 folder.

Now just make a project, and in your options for your IDE, you have to link the .lib files. You do this in your IDE's settings or whatever (like i said, we dont know what compiler you're using or anything)

Then you're set to start using the library in your project.

[Pennywise]

OK.
I got Allegro set up and it's working fine. Thanks for your help.

In future let us know what compiler/IDE you're using.

I said on my earlier post I was using the Dev C++ Compiler.

[RyanPridgeon]

OK.
I got Allegro set up and it's working fine. Thanks for your help.

In future let us know what compiler/IDE you're using.

I said on my earlier post I was using the Dev C++ Compiler.

Ah, sorry I didn't see that.

Btw Dev C++ is an IDE, your compiler is probably GNU GCC/G++

[Kros]

Btw Dev C++ is an IDE, your compiler is probably GNU GCC/G++

By the way, the '/' in your comment about 'IDE/Compiler' very often means "or", you probably didn't realize you weren't asking for both.

[Moosader]

Thanks Bakkon. But the sound card on my computer don't work, so I can't here anything on youtube.

For future reference, I have written versions of most of my tutorials on my website. :P

[Pennywise]

Oh yeah
I didn't think before I posted. Sorry about that.