1. RE: Problems installing Borland C++ Builder Compiler
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com
May 11, 2001
Thanks. The problem was that, not being able to download this file from
Borland due to still unknown reasons, I got it from Chris Bensler, who had
changed its name to borland.exe.
----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: Problems installing Borland C++ Builder Compiler
>
>
> You need to download the freecommandlinetools.exe from the Borland web
site.
> Its 8748Kb in size.
>
> http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/
>
> That is the installation program.
>
> Assuming you install the compiler in...
>
> c:\borland\bcc55
>
> then create the two CFG files in this directory,
>
> then add to the DOS path (in the c:\autoexec.bat file)
>
> c:\borland\bcc55\bin
>
> In my case, I installed to my F: drive and here is my PATH statement...
>
>
> Here is where I put the CFG files ...
>
> F:\Borland\bcc55>dir *.cfg
>
> Volume in drive F has no label
> Volume Serial Number is 1EE2-2152
> Directory of F:\Borland\bcc55
>
> BCC32 CFG 56 08/12/00 12:07 bcc32.cfg
> ILINK32 CFG 26 08/12/00 12:07 ilink32.cfg
> 2 file(s) 82 bytes
> 0 dir(s) 1,677,041,664 bytes free
>
>
>
> Here is the contents of my bcc32.cfg file...
>
> -I"f:\Borland\bcc55\include"
> -L"f:\Borland\bcc55\lib"
>
> Here is the contents of my ilink32.cfg file...
>
> -L"f:\Borland\bcc55\lib"
>
> ------
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
> "To finish a job quickly, go slower."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <rforno at tutopia.com>
<snip>
> > to do that. Can somebody provide help on this?
> >
> > This file contains important supplementary and
> > late-breaking information that may not appear
> > in the main product documentation. We recommend
> > that you read this file in its entirety.
> >
> >
> > CONTENTS
> >
> > -- PRODUCT NOTES AND ISSUES
> >
> > -- ONLINE HELP
> >
> > -- PRODUCT INFORMATION ON THE WEB
> >
> >
> > PRODUCT NOTES AND ISSUES
> >
> > Installing and running the Command Line Tools
> >
> > 1. Run freecommandlinetools.exe; choose the
> > drive and folder into which you want to
> > install the free C++Builder 5 command line
> > tool development system.
> >
> > 2. From the bin directory of your installation:
> > a. Add "c:\Borland\Bcc55"
> > to the existing path
> > b. Create a bcc32.cfg file which will set
> > the compiler options for the Include
> > and Lib paths (-I and -L switches to
> > compiler) by adding these lines:
> > -I"c:\Borland\Bcc55\include"
> > -L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"
> > c. Create an ilink32.cfg file which will set
> > the linker option for the Lib path by
> > adding this line:
> > -L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"
> >
> > Other product notes
> >
> > "PSDK" (\lib\PSDK) is an acronym for the
> > Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit.
> >
> >
> > ONLINE HELP
> > Help file (BCB5.HLP), Standard C++ Library Help
> > (BCB5SCL.HLP), C++Builder Language Guide Help
> <snip>
<snip>
>
>
