How do you install and run Borland 5.5 C++ Compiler? Having problems!

[struntz]

Hello everyone,
I am trying to install Borland 5.5 Compiler and i don't undertsnad how to install it, after its installed it says this:

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C++BUILDER COMMAND LINE TOOLS
RELEASE NOTES
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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
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-- PRODUCT NOTES AND ISSUES

-- ONLINE HELP

-- PRODUCT INFORMATION ON THE WEB


PRODUCT NOTES AND ISSUES
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Installing and running the Command Line Tools
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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.


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Copyright (c) 2000 Inprise Corporation. 
All rights reserved.

And i don't understand what i am suppose to do, i think i did it right but it didn't work or else i just dont' know hwo to run it, becuase i created a text file and then saved it as a .cfg file and then tuyped what they said but i'm not sure if i typed it in the right spot, so can someone put more readable instructions for me? like when it says, "Add "c:\Borland\Bcc55"
to the existing path" what does it mean? it makes no sense becuase if i did what they said it would look like this "c:\Borland\BCC55\Bcc55 and the put in the "BIN" of the installation, does it mean the BIN directory or what? Thanks for listening, sorry if i wrote alot



Cory

Try this...

Im guessing you have it installed at "c:\Borland\Bcc55\".
Then go to "c:\Borland\Bcc55\Bin" and make a file called

bcc32.cfg

Then in that file put these lines...

-I"c:\Borland\Bcc55\include"
-L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"

Then in the same directory make a file called

ilink32.cfg

And in that file put this line...

-L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"

Then go to "C:\", right click on "AUTOEXEC.BAT" and click "EDIT". It should open in a text editor. Mine looks like this...

C:\PROGRA~1\NETWOR~1\MCAFEE~1\SCAN.EXE C:\
@IF ERRORLEVEL 1 PAUSE
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 P330  T6
SET CTSYN=C:\WINDOWS
C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV\SBEINIT.COM

SET PATH=C:\TASM\BIN;

All you have to woory about is this line...

SET PATH=C:\TASM\BIN;

Yours wont say

C:\TASM\BIN;

Itll probably say something else.

Just go to the end of that line and type this...

c:\Borland\Bcc55\Bin;

So this....
SET PATH=C:\TASM\BIN;

Would become this...
SET PATH=C:\TASM\BIN;c:\Borland\Bcc55\Bin;

Now restart your computer.

And that should be it, let me know if you get stuck or there are any other porblems.

[struntz]

but i was wondering, after i made those 2 files, then what? where do i find "AUTOEXEC.BAT"? its not in my "C:"

It should be, try using find.

[struntz]

Thanks for your help!
It worked!