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22.1 Unzipping gppNNb.zip complains about g++.exe

Q: When I unzip the C++ compiler distribution in gppNNb.zip, the unzip program complains about something called g++.exe. What should I do?

A: If you install DJGPP on anything but Windows 9X, just ignore that error message and use gpp.exe or gxx.exe to compile C++ programs. g++.exe is an invalid file name on DOS, but is allowed on Windows 9X. It is included for compatibility with Unix, where the C++ compiler is called g++. All g++.exe does is just to run gxx or gpp. So you don't lose much by not having it.

If you are installing DJGPP on Windows 9X, find an unzip program which supports long file names and unzip the files again. Make sure that the DJGPP long file names support (a.k.a. LFN) is enabled, otherwise DJGPP programs such as Make won't be able to invoke g++. To enable LFN support, set LFN=y in the environment.


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