usually compiling with djgpp is something along the lines of 'gxx hello.cpp', unless your compiling multiple files or giving the linker other flags.

post the command line you have and mabey I can help

Okay, I can help! I'm trying to learn C too, and I decided to use the GNU Compiler Collection/GCC because it's completely free. And neat.



Here's what I did.

1. I read up on some C tutorials. (http://www.cprogramming.com, http://http://cppreference.com/)
2. I downloaded Dev-C++, which is like a GCC, with IDE, for Windows. Really good, and not DOS based. And it comes with its own C tutorials! (http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html)
3. I read up on some more C.
4. I realized that Dev-C++ is just a wrapper around the GNU Compiler Collection, so I began to learn to use those individual tools.
5. I read about GCC. (http://gcc.gnu.org/, http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/))
6. I read about Make, which can help create and package my code by using GCC and other tools. (http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html)
7. I realized I needed some Windows-compatible GCC tools, but I didn't want to download Cygwin (which is almost a complete Unix tool emulation layer). Instead, I downloaded MinGW, which is a collection of individual GNU utilities ported to Windows. (http://www.mingw.org/)
8. I started writing some files, and began programming for the Sega Saturn!


...okay, your final result might be different, but that's good. I didn't at first realize how to get started. After I read up on how using the GCC collection and tools, then I realized how they all work togther. ...I need to actually program some more.



While you're at it, of course http://www.gamedev.net is probably pretty handy, and Cprogramming.com has some example links to good OpenGL and SDL demonstrations.

Does this sound like a good place to start?

The GCC documentation in particular I found interesting because it finally told me what linking and stuff like that was about. I would have no clue how you go from compiled code to executables if I hadn't read some of that stuff.

Well, not to mention it was also incredibly long, but anyway. You're very welcome. In retrospect, I think Bloodshed's Dev-C++ actually uses the MinGW distribution of tools for its GCC functionality.

Because Dev-C++ is an IDE, that just happens to be built around some awesome command line tools. It doesn't take an exponentially larger amount of effort to learn command line manipulation of those tools, and you'll be able to see and do a lot more cool stuff than otherwise.