Thread: [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP

I am attempting to install Dev-C++ on my Windows XP machine using the
automatic installer (devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe), and I am having problems
getting it to install into the directory I want it to. The default directory
is "C:\Dev-Cpp", but I would like it to install into the "C:\Program Files"
directory. However, when I try to do this, I get an error saying
"Installation directory cannot contain ' '. Only letters, numbers, and
':-_\' are allowed." which gets in the way of my installing it where I want
it. I could just install it in the default location, but I prefer to keep my
root directory clean of specific applications, or I could move it after
installing it, but I really don't want to go into the registry to fix
everything. So if I can't get it to install nicely I am more likely just use
MSVC instead.

Thanks for all assistance in advance.

-- 
Elliott Slaughter

"Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
Herbert

Dev-c++ does not work with directories that have white spaces, so stick with 
c:\Dev-Cpp.

Cheers

Rodolfo d'Ettorre


>From: "Elliott Slaughter" <ire...@gm...>
>To: dev...@li...
>Subject: [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP
>Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:02:29 -0700
>
>I am attempting to install Dev-C++ on my Windows XP machine using the
>automatic installer (devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe), and I am having problems
>getting it to install into the directory I want it to. The default 
>directory
>is "C:\Dev-Cpp", but I would like it to install into the "C:\Program Files"
>directory. However, when I try to do this, I get an error saying
>"Installation directory cannot contain ' '. Only letters, numbers, and
>':-_\' are allowed." which gets in the way of my installing it where I want
>it. I could just install it in the default location, but I prefer to keep 
>my
>root directory clean of specific applications, or I could move it after
>installing it, but I really don't want to go into the registry to fix
>everything. So if I can't get it to install nicely I am more likely just 
>use
>MSVC instead.
>
>Thanks for all assistance in advance.
>
>--
>Elliott Slaughter
>
>"Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
>Herbert


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I haven't had any problems putting Dev C++ in

C:\BIN\Dev-CPP\

As I have a lot of other little utilities and programs that want
8.3notation and/or short paths it makes sense.  Overly long paths
still screw
up Windows XP sp2 and Windows 2003 R2 (as I keep telling marketing).

On 30/09/2007, rodolfo d'Ettorre <rod...@ho...> wrote:
>
> Dev-c++ does not work with directories that have white spaces, so stick
> with
> c:\Dev-Cpp.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rodolfo d'Ettorre
>
>
> >From: "Elliott Slaughter" <ire...@gm...>
> >To: dev...@li...
> >Subject: [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP
> >Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:02:29 -0700
> >
> >I am attempting to install Dev-C++ on my Windows XP machine using the
> >automatic installer (devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe), and I am having problems
> >getting it to install into the directory I want it to. The default
> >directory
> >is "C:\Dev-Cpp", but I would like it to install into the "C:\Program
> Files"
> >directory. However, when I try to do this, I get an error saying
> >"Installation directory cannot contain ' '. Only letters, numbers, and
> >':-_\' are allowed." which gets in the way of my installing it where I
> want
> >it. I could just install it in the default location, but I prefer to keep
> >my
> >root directory clean of specific applications, or I could move it after
> >installing it, but I really don't want to go into the registry to fix
> >everything. So if I can't get it to install nicely I am more likely just
> >use
> >MSVC instead.
> >
> >Thanks for all assistance in advance.
> >
> >--
> >Elliott Slaughter
> >
> >"Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
> >Herbert
>
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The tilde is also a taboo character, and gets you the same error as white
space.

I guess I could install it to a new directory like C:\Bin\Dev-Cpp, but I
would  prefer not to install it to C:\Dev-Cpp because I don't want random
program subdirectories in the root directory.

Are there any other options?

I would like to comment to the makers of the install file that it should
allow you to set the directory to any valid Windows directory without
imposing limits on white space and such. While the default directory can be
C:\Dev-Cpp, and while it might be a good idea in general to avoid white
space and such in names, there really shouldn't be arbitrary limits stopping
users from doing so if they really want to.

On 9/30/07, Radu Siulea <ra...@tr...> wrote:
>
>  Try *C:\progra~1* for *c:\Program Files*
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* dev...@li... [mailto:
> dev...@li...] *On Behalf Of *Elliott
> Slaughter
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:02 AM
> *To:* dev...@li...
> *Subject:* [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP
>
>
>
> I am attempting to install Dev-C++ on my Windows XP machine using the
> automatic installer (devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe), and I am having problems
> getting it to install into the directory I want it to. The default directory
> is "C:\Dev-Cpp", but I would like it to install into the "C:\Program Files"
> directory. However, when I try to do this, I get an error saying
> "Installation directory cannot contain ' '. Only letters, numbers, and
> ':-_\' are allowed." which gets in the way of my installing it where I want
> it. I could just install it in the default location, but I prefer to keep my
> root directory clean of specific applications, or I could move it after
> installing it, but I really don't want to go into the registry to fix
> everything. So if I can't get it to install nicely I am more likely just use
> MSVC instead.
>
> Thanks for all assistance in advance.
>
> --
> Elliott Slaughter
>
> "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
> Herbert
>



-- 
Elliott Slaughter

"Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
Herbert

Compiler toolchains have a historical limitation of ton accepting
whitespaces in filenames passed to them (options on the command-line are
seperated withe spaces), back from the times when whitespace was illegal in
filenames.

This is why dev-cpp does not want you to have any spaces there.
I don't know if this limitation is still true about the compiler dev-cpp
uses...
I guess you could try moving it and see what happens

HTH,
Jonathan

On 9/30/07, Elliott Slaughter <ire...@gm...> wrote:
>
> The tilde is also a taboo character, and gets you the same error as white
> space.
>
> I guess I could install it to a new directory like C:\Bin\Dev-Cpp, but I
> would  prefer not to install it to C:\Dev-Cpp because I don't want random
> program subdirectories in the root directory.
>
> Are there any other options?
>
> I would like to comment to the makers of the install file that it should
> allow you to set the directory to any valid Windows directory without
> imposing limits on white space and such. While the default directory can be
> C:\Dev-Cpp, and while it might be a good idea in general to avoid white
> space and such in names, there really shouldn't be arbitrary limits stopping
> users from doing so if they really want to.
>
> On 9/30/07, Radu Siulea <ra...@tr...> wrote:
> >
> > Try *C:\progra~1* for *c:\Program Files*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* dev...@li... [mailto:
> > dev...@li...] * On Behalf Of *Elliott
> > Slaughter
> > *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:02 AM
> > *To:* dev...@li...
> > *Subject:* [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP
> >
> >
> >
> > I am attempting to install Dev-C++ on my Windows XP machine using the
> > automatic installer (devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe), and I am having problems
> > getting it to install into the directory I want it to. The default directory
> > is "C:\Dev-Cpp", but I would like it to install into the "C:\Program Files"
> > directory. However, when I try to do this, I get an error saying
> > "Installation directory cannot contain ' '. Only letters, numbers, and
> > ':-_\' are allowed." which gets in the way of my installing it where I want
> > it. I could just install it in the default location, but I prefer to keep my
> > root directory clean of specific applications, or I could move it after
> > installing it, but I really don't want to go into the registry to fix
> > everything. So if I can't get it to install nicely I am more likely just use
> > MSVC instead.
> >
> > Thanks for all assistance in advance.
> >
> > --
> > Elliott Slaughter
> >
> > "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." -
> > Frank Herbert
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Elliott Slaughter
>
> "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
> Herbert
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<Morpheus> linux, c'est une question de VI ou de MORE

Yes, every MinGW tool - on their own - will work in directories with
spaces and with file names containing spaces, but every caller - and
Makefiles etc - must specifically add break characters or quote paths and
file names. There is no real difference from when using them on a Unix
machine.

/pwm

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Jonathan Winterflood wrote:

> Compiler toolchains have a historical limitation of ton accepting
> whitespaces in filenames passed to them (options on the command-line are
> seperated withe spaces), back from the times when whitespace was illegal in
> filenames.
>
> This is why dev-cpp does not want you to have any spaces there.
> I don't know if this limitation is still true about the compiler dev-cpp
> uses...
> I guess you could try moving it and see what happens
>
> HTH,
> Jonathan
>
> On 9/30/07, Elliott Slaughter <ire...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > The tilde is also a taboo character, and gets you the same error as white
> > space.
> >
> > I guess I could install it to a new directory like C:\Bin\Dev-Cpp, but I
> > would  prefer not to install it to C:\Dev-Cpp because I don't want random
> > program subdirectories in the root directory.
> >
> > Are there any other options?
> >
> > I would like to comment to the makers of the install file that it should
> > allow you to set the directory to any valid Windows directory without
> > imposing limits on white space and such. While the default directory can be
> > C:\Dev-Cpp, and while it might be a good idea in general to avoid white
> > space and such in names, there really shouldn't be arbitrary limits stopping
> > users from doing so if they really want to.
> >
> > On 9/30/07, Radu Siulea <ra...@tr...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Try *C:\progra~1* for *c:\Program Files*
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > *From:* dev...@li... [mailto:
> > > dev...@li...] * On Behalf Of *Elliott
> > > Slaughter
> > > *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:02 AM
> > > *To:* dev...@li...
> > > *Subject:* [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am attempting to install Dev-C++ on my Windows XP machine using the
> > > automatic installer (devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe), and I am having problems
> > > getting it to install into the directory I want it to. The default directory
> > > is "C:\Dev-Cpp", but I would like it to install into the "C:\Program Files"
> > > directory. However, when I try to do this, I get an error saying
> > > "Installation directory cannot contain ' '. Only letters, numbers, and
> > > ':-_\' are allowed." which gets in the way of my installing it where I want
> > > it. I could just install it in the default location, but I prefer to keep my
> > > root directory clean of specific applications, or I could move it after
> > > installing it, but I really don't want to go into the registry to fix
> > > everything. So if I can't get it to install nicely I am more likely just use
> > > MSVC instead.
> > >
> > > Thanks for all assistance in advance.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Elliott Slaughter
> > >
> > > "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." -
> > > Frank Herbert
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Elliott Slaughter
> >
> > "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
> > Herbert
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>

My best guess is that it's not the installer engine that's the problem.

I don't have much (okay, any) experience with MinGW outside of DevCPP but in
my experience paths with spaces muck up a lot of things.  I would guess the
installer is smart to not let the user install to a long path name because
of limitations with either the compiler or one of the other tools associated
with it.  It's also just good practice on the Windows platform to keep it
simple whether or not you have any intention of later using any legacy
tools.  But I'm with you on never installing anything at the root of
%systemdrive%.

On 30/09/2007, Elliott Slaughter <ire...@gm...> wrote:
>
> The tilde is also a taboo character, and gets you the same error as white
> space.
>
> I guess I could install it to a new directory like C:\Bin\Dev-Cpp, but I
> would  prefer not to install it to C:\Dev-Cpp because I don't want random
> program subdirectories in the root directory.
>
> Are there any other options?
>
> I would like to comment to the makers of the install file that it should
> allow you to set the directory to any valid Windows directory without
> imposing limits on white space and such. While the default directory can be
> C:\Dev-Cpp, and while it might be a good idea in general to avoid white
> space and such in names, there really shouldn't be arbitrary limits stopping
> users from doing so if they really want to.
>

Do thank the installer writer for stopping you from installing the tool in
directories that doesn't work.

Command-line tools normally uses space as separator between file names -
not as a valid character inside directories and file names. To use gcc or
make or the other tools, every single file/directory with spaces must
either use a break character before the spaces or put the names within
quotes.

Whenever you see special rules, you should always stop and spend some time
figuring out _why_ they have spent extra time adding these special rules.
It would have been a lot easier for them to accept any characters at
all... However, a lot of MinGW and/or Dev-C++ users would then have been
very, very sad and complained.

/pwm

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Elliott Slaughter wrote:

> The tilde is also a taboo character, and gets you the same error as white
> space.
>
> I guess I could install it to a new directory like C:\Bin\Dev-Cpp, but I
> would  prefer not to install it to C:\Dev-Cpp because I don't want random
> program subdirectories in the root directory.
>
> Are there any other options?
>
> I would like to comment to the makers of the install file that it should
> allow you to set the directory to any valid Windows directory without
> imposing limits on white space and such. While the default directory can be
> C:\Dev-Cpp, and while it might be a good idea in general to avoid white
> space and such in names, there really shouldn't be arbitrary limits stopping
> users from doing so if they really want to.
>
> On 9/30/07, Radu Siulea <ra...@tr...> wrote:
> >
> >  Try *C:\progra~1* for *c:\Program Files*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* dev...@li... [mailto:
> > dev...@li...] *On Behalf Of *Elliott
> > Slaughter
> > *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:02 AM
> > *To:* dev...@li...
> > *Subject:* [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP
> >
> >
> >
> > I am attempting to install Dev-C++ on my Windows XP machine using the
> > automatic installer (devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe), and I am having problems
> > getting it to install into the directory I want it to. The default directory
> > is "C:\Dev-Cpp", but I would like it to install into the "C:\Program Files"
> > directory. However, when I try to do this, I get an error saying
> > "Installation directory cannot contain ' '. Only letters, numbers, and
> > ':-_\' are allowed." which gets in the way of my installing it where I want
> > it. I could just install it in the default location, but I prefer to keep my
> > root directory clean of specific applications, or I could move it after
> > installing it, but I really don't want to go into the registry to fix
> > everything. So if I can't get it to install nicely I am more likely just use
> > MSVC instead.
> >
> > Thanks for all assistance in advance.
> >
> > --
> > Elliott Slaughter
> >
> > "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
> > Herbert
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Elliott Slaughter
>
> "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." - Frank
> Herbert
>