Need help in C++ with allegro library…?

Question

I installed CodeBlocks 10.5 with minGW compiler. After setting environment variables for minGW I cheked gcc -v on cmd and it is working fine. The problem is that, I have made a small program in CodeBlocks project the code is below

#include <iostream>
#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Hello world!" << endl;
return 0;
}

There is an error, the build log is:

Compiling: main.cpp C:\\Program Files\\CodeBlocks\\MinGW\\bin\\allegro_pract… error: allegro5/allegro.h: No such file or directory Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds) 1 errors, 0 warnings

Directory structure for codeblocks is: C:\\Program Files\\CodeBlocks and for minGW: C:\\Program Files\\CodeBlocks\\mingw and my project is: C:\\Program Files\\CodeBlocks\\bin\\

i am confused about allegro library where to place it.. as I have not used any external library.. the library is placed now at: C:\\Program Files\\CodeBlocks\\mingw\\allegro\\

I am "Googling" for a long time but no tutorial seems to be working.. please give a valid solution.. and where to place allegro library..??

Answer 1

Do not try to "place" libraries in the "right place". Instead, tell the IDE where you put them explicitly. This is called setting the include path.

Code::Blocks should have some setting for include directories. You should point it to the place where Allegro lives.

Answer 2

Set up your IDE to look for Allegro:

_{(source: allegro.cc )}

The complete tutorial is here:

• http://wiki.allegro.cc/index.php?title=Windows,_Code::Blocks_10.05_and_Allegro_5

Answer 3

http://www.mingw.org/wiki/IncludePathHOWTO :

The actual search path, for any specific installation of MinGW may be determined, by running the compiler itself, with the "-v" option; typically, for a GCC-3.4.5 installation in c:/mingw:--

defaults appear to be:

c:/mingw/include/c++/3.4.5
c:/mingw/include/c++/3.4.5/mingw32
c:/mingw/include/c++/3.4.5/backward
c:/mingw/include
c:/mingw/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/include

I don't use mingw, so, read the link.