Can't get Tango to work on WinXP, with DMD

[Clay Smith]

Jaba Adams wrote:
> Is Tango known to work with DMD 1.041, on WinXP? I can't seem to get it working with either "dsss net build tango", or by downloading a binary package, and following the instructions here: http://www.dsource.org/projects/tango/wiki/WindowsInstall
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> If I build from source, with dsss net build tango, it eventually kacks with missing files (Exception.d).
> 
> With the binary approach, when I go to build my app, I get link errors, like:
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> Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D5tango4core9Exception11IOException5_ctorMFAaZC5tango4core9Exception11IOException
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> I'm interested in putting together a "D Box" for PC + OS X, similar to Peter Seibel's LispBox concept (http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/lispbox/)
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> D itself works fine (both dmd, and gdc). The problem is that my "minimum interesting configuration" is DMD+tango+derelict or GDC+tango+derelict.
> 
> It would be a great benefit if new, curious users could get up and running with these modules in one click, in less than an hour.

My advice would be to grab the stable Tango version...

1) Grab 
http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/tango/0.99.7/tango-0.99.7-bin-win32-dmd.1.033.zip

2) Extract to desktop

3) Open folder, copy paste bin/ example/ etc/ folders into your C:\dmd 
path (or whichever path you choose)

Do you really need to use version 1.041 compiler?
~ Clay