TC-Lite
Introduction
This is Turbo C++ "Lite". I found it originally on CProgramming.com. It's free but only for learning purposes. There's no other way to use it anyway. You have to use the packaged IDE to not only compile programs, but to run them as well! But it's small, easy to setup, and easy to use. It's old enough that it won't support Standard C++, so when you get to that point in my tutorials (or someone else's), you'll have to get a better compiler (DJGPP).
Obtainment
You can download TC-Lite right here. It's under a megabyte so it'll fit on a floppy.
Download
Installation
These are step by step instructions that will install TC-Lite to the C:
drive. If you want this software to be located anywhere else, just replace C:
with the path you want in each step.
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Download the TC-Lite zip file to the location
C:\
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Make sure you're in the root directory of
C:\
. If you aren't or you don't know how to get there, type the following:
c:
[enter]
cd\
[enter]
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Unzip the file tclite.zip. Make sure you unzip with directories. If you don't have an unzip program or don't know how to do this: download UnZip32.exe to
C:\
and then type:
unzip32 tclite.zip
[enter]
That will extract all the files from tclite.zip
.
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You should still be in the directory
C:\
. Get to the directory tclite\bin
by typing:
cd tclite\bin
[enter]
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Now you need to run the main TC-Lite program and configure it. At the prompt type:
tc
[enter]
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The program runs and fills up the whole screen. There's a menu bar along the top that you can access via mouse (if installed) or keyboard. My instructions here will encompass only the keyboard, but use the mouse if it makes you more comfortable.

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Drop down the
Options
menu and select Directories...
. You can do this by holding down the ALT
key, pressing the letter O
, and then releasing both keys (ALT
and O
). Now use the down arrow key to highlight the Directories...
entry. Press enter when it is highlighted.

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The dialog you see is for configuring the directories that TC-Lite uses.

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The first input box (underneath "
Include Directories
") should be highlighted. Press the HOME
key and then type: "C:
" (not the double-quotes, everything inside). Press the TAB
now, then HOME
again, and type: "C:
". The dialog should now look like so:

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Press the
ENTER
key to save the dialog and close.

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TC-Lite is now installed!
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