Allegro @ Home

To get allegro cooking @ home, first you'll need MS Visual C++ Express 2008

Allegro Installation

-1) Download DX7 Minimal.

0) Copy the files:

• Copy the contents of the include folder to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include
  
• Copy the contents of the lib folder to to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib

1) Download Allegro.

2) Extract all files into c:\

3) Run c:\allegro\build\pre-build-msvc.bat

4) Open c:\allegro\build\msvc8\Allegro.sln. Finish conversion. Click Build / Batch Build. Check all versions. Wait for build to finish.

5) Copy the files:

• Copy the contents of C:\allegro\include to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include
  
• Copy the .lib files from C:\allegro\lib\msvc to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\lib
  
• Copy the .dll files from C:\allegro\lib\msvc to C:\Windows\System32

6) Start a new *empty* c++ project then add a main source file.

7) Click Project / Properties. Click Configuration Properties / Linker / Input. Add alleg.lib to Additional Dependancies.

8) Now we're ready to program using Allegro.

9) We're going to start with a few tutorials.

10) Finally, we master the universe.

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