Thread: Re: [Dev-C++] DevPak

> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:20:11 +0200
> From: =?windows-1252?Q?Carlos_Garc=EDa_del_Monte?= <sol...@ya...>
> To: dev-cpp-users <dev...@li...>
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] DevPak
>
> I anser only to the first part.
> It happens to me the same, I use win2k, too, what you shall do is run
> the package manager, which is in the folder of dev (say C:\Dev-Cpp\),
> and under the tools menu.

The Package Manager has no ability to add packages, only to remove them.
Once again, how do I add a DevPak to dev-cpp ? Double-clicking doesn't do it
so there must be a way.

> Message: 10
> From: Colin Laplace <ha...@bl...>
> Reply-To: ha...@bl...
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] DevPak
> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 00:42:35 +0200
>
> Hello,
>
>> The Package Manager has no ability to add packages, only to remove
>> them.
>> Once again, how do I add a DevPak to dev-cpp ? Double-clicking
>> doesn't do
>> it so there must be a way.
>
> It seems you are not using a recent 4.9.X version, so your package
> manager
> doesn't recognize the new DevPaks.

No, I am not using 4.9.X. I downloaded the 4.0 version since all other
versions say Beta. I assumed that the DevPak distributions work with this
last non-Beta version. Shouldn't the website at least explain that any
packages in DevPak format do not work with version 4.0 ? If that is the
case, how do users of version 4.0 actually install packages ?

> No, I am not using 4.9.X. I downloaded the 4.0 version since all other
> versions say Beta. I assumed that the DevPak distributions work with this
> last non-Beta version. Shouldn't the website at least explain that any
> packages in DevPak format do not work with version 4.0 ? If that is the
> case, how do users of version 4.0 actually install packages ?

Well although 4.9.8.0 is still beta, I would really recommend it over version 
4.0, which is very old now. 
You are right with the fact that there is not a lot of info on packages (how 
do they work and on which version of Dev-C++, etc...) but that should be 
corrected with the new Dev-C++ site coming up soon

Greetings,
Colin

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As said by Westernak and Colin Laplace, the version 4.9.8.0 is far 
better than 4.0, it's worth the download.

I would say that users of version 4.0 hardly exists. There is too large a
difference between the two versions for someone to seriously consider
using the 4.0 version - at least after a compare between the two.

/Per W

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Edward Diener wrote:

> > Message: 10
> > From: Colin Laplace <ha...@bl...>
> > Reply-To: ha...@bl...
> > To: dev...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] DevPak
> > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 00:42:35 +0200
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >> The Package Manager has no ability to add packages, only to remove
> >> them.
> >> Once again, how do I add a DevPak to dev-cpp ? Double-clicking
> >> doesn't do
> >> it so there must be a way.
> >
> > It seems you are not using a recent 4.9.X version, so your package
> > manager
> > doesn't recognize the new DevPaks.
>
> No, I am not using 4.9.X. I downloaded the 4.0 version since all other
> versions say Beta. I assumed that the DevPak distributions work with this
> last non-Beta version. Shouldn't the website at least explain that any
> packages in DevPak format do not work with version 4.0 ? If that is the
> case, how do users of version 4.0 actually install packages ?
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 18:20:57 +0200
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Carlos_Garc=EDa_del_Monte?= <sol...@ya...>
> To: dev-cpp-users <dev...@li...>
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] DevPak
>
> As said by Westernak and Colin Laplace, the version 4.9.8.0 is far
> better than 4.0, it's worth the download.

OK, I have downloaded 4.9.8.0 and updated to 4.9.8.1. Everything looks good
except for one nit i noticed, Packman and VUpdate don't seem to be in sync.
I successfully added the ImageLib and WxWindows packages using Packman but
VUpdate still shows them as available when I ask it to look for packages. I
would assume that if Packman has installed these packages that VUpdate
shouldn't be showing them.

Since I am a newbie, a few more questions and/or initial comments. It would
be nice if, after installing a package, that package's help were somehow
added into the Dev-C++ help system. Which reminds me: how do I find help
about the packages I have installed ? The current Dev-C++ help is sparse at
best ( some Under Construction topics which I can forgive because it is
Beta ) and I have installed various packages. Where does the help for using
those packages exist ? I am particularly interested in figuring out how to
use WxWindows and not seeming to have any help for it as part of the DevPak
is not amusing.

>OK, I have downloaded 4.9.8.0 and updated to 4.9.8.1. Everything looks good
>except for one nit i noticed, Packman and VUpdate don't seem to be in sync.
>I successfully added the ImageLib and WxWindows packages using Packman but
>VUpdate still shows them as available when I ask it to look for packages.
>
> I
>would assume that if Packman has installed these packages that VUpdate
>shouldn't be showing them.
>
vUpdate considers what is installed based on which packages had been 
downloaded with it, if you downloaded it without vUpdated it won't know 
it is installed. They're not sync. Pakage manager is part of Dev by dev 
team, vUpdate is done by a helper. (N.B.:He left the project some weeks 
ago, so dev's developers announced they'll substitue vUpdate and 
maintain its functionality)

Hello,

> The Package Manager has no ability to add packages, only to remove them.
> Once again, how do I add a DevPak to dev-cpp ? Double-clicking doesn't do
> it so there must be a way.

It seems you are not using a recent 4.9.X version, so your package manager 
doesn't recognize the new DevPaks.

Greetings,
Colin

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