OSLib installation problem

[Tony van der Hoff]

On 19 Jan 2003, in message <d0ed10b74b.Chris at ntlworld.com>,
Chris Terran <chris.terranova at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Could someone please point me to a (simple, preferably) guide to
> installing OSLib? I'm having some difficulties, I'm afraid.
> 
> I'm a fairly experienced programmer but new to C. I'm using the latest
> Norcroft compiler on an Iyonix, and am quite happily writing, compiling
> and running programs using the standard libraries -- no problems there,
> and I think I'm settling in to the language. Enough to realise that I
> need to use something like OSLib, anyway! But despite following the
> instructions carefully I can't get any programs to 'see' OSLib.
> 

What do you mean when you say you can't get any programs to 'see' OSLib? Some
concrete examples would be useful.

May I ask where you got your OSLib from? The distribution archives contain at
the very top level a file named "OSLib_readme", which contain all you need to
know about installing and using OSLib. Are those the instructions you're
referrirng to? If you've done all of that, and you've still got problems,
I've failed in my attempts to make it clear - let me know if that's the case.

Are you running OSLib.SetVars before compiling? Are you including -IOSLib: on
your C command line? Are you specifying #include "oslib/xxxx.h" in your
source files? If you believe you're doing all that, please give some examples
(i.e. not your interpretation) of the sort of error reports you're getting. 

OTOH, if someone is distributing OSLib without all the files, then *they* are
wasting our collective time, and need killing.


> Apologies for such a basic question, and I'm sure the answer is very
> simple. I've searched extensively for help (no group FAQ, AFAICS) on
> Google and elsewhere, and have only found other people asking similar
> questions ... but no answers!
> 
No problem asking a basic question, but have you *really* tried to help
yourself? I just typed OSLib into Google, and my site was the first hit.
Admittedly that's the redirector, but it provides the link to the SourceForge
site, which was the fourth hit from Google.

There *is* a FAQ at the reference site. It doesn't cover installation issues,
because that's never before been a question; the subject is adequately
covered in the readme.

Who are these other people who are asking similar questions - I'd like to
educate them!

Hope this helps.

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