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Help => General => Topic started by: toad1359 on October 18, 2013, 02:42:04 am
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How would I go about setting up SFML 2.1 on Dev-c++ 4.9.9.2? I downloaded the minGW package.
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First you should upgrade Dev C++ to Orwell's version (http://orwelldevcpp.blogspot.ch/), which is somewhere at 5.5.1.
Next the setup will be very similar to the on with Code::Blocks, you'll just need to find the similar options. It's not that hard, just try it and if it doesn't work come back here. ;)
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Do I have to use Orwell's version or can I use 4.9.9.2?
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The Bloodshed version (4.9.9.2) is outdated big time. It contains bugs, is not up-to-date with the latest C++ standards, misses other features, etc.
So yes you should definitely update!
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Your question should not be "how do I set up SFML on Dev-C++", but rather "how do I set up a library with Dev-C++", and more generally "how do I use Dev-C++". This way you won't have to post on the forums of each other library that you may use in the future. Especially since you chose a dead IDE that nobody knows about anymore ;)
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Especially since you chose a dead IDE that nobody knows about anymore ;)
The Orwell version is not really dead. ;)
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But is it seriously used by today's developers?
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Probably not that much since everyone seems to hate Dev-C++ for some reason...
But unpopular software doesn't equal to unusable. I'm sure there's a handful of people using it. ;)