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

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
>