Dev C++ help can't compile anything wtf?!?

Question

So whenever I start Dev C++, I get a message like this, "There doesn't seem to be GNU Make file in PATH or in Dev-C++'s Bin path. Please make sure that you have GNU Make and adjust Bin setting or system PATH environment variable and that make setting in Compiler Option contains correct filename, otherwise you will not be able to compile anything."

I have no experience coding, and I just bought the book "C++ for Dummies", but no where in the book does it say how to debug this error. Please help. I am using Windows XP btw. And if I just skip this error message, and try to compile something, it will say "File Not found" or something. Thanks!

Answer 1

Dev C++ was (is) a version of the GNU GCC compiler. It sounds like you got it from the book and either there is a problem with your cd or you didn't install it properly.



You can try to install it from here:



http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html



You can get newer versions of the same thing from:



http://www.mingw.org/



I don't believe that it comes with the IDE, but you can make it using the make files from the command line, and step through it with GDB.exe.

Answer 2

Check to see if you download the full Dev-C++ (include mingw, which is about 9MB) or the lite version. If you download the lite version, you can download the mingw, install it and set your PATH varible to include to the bin path of mingw. If it is complex to you then you should download the full Dev-C++ version and just install it to use.

Answer 3

I think you should forget about Dev-C++ it is not developed any more.



Use Code::Blocks. Just install and run, and it will work for you. Quick and easy setup like a word processor :)

Far better than DevCpp!