Dear OpenVMS user, Installation process is identical to one in *nix* world and consist to four simple steps: 1. Installing required libraries 2. Configuration 3. Compiling 4. Installation. 1. Please install required libraries first: 1. ZLIB 1.2 or newer 2. PNG 1.2.12 or newer 3. FreeType 2 4. JPEG 6B All may be found at OpenVMS libSDL porting project site http://fafner.dyndns.org/~alexey/libsdl/required.html Also, system should have MMS make utility from DEC or free analogue MMK. And C compiler with runtime, of course. ;) 2. Configuration is doing automatically by a configuration script: $@[.VMS]CONFIGURE The script detects hardware,system and required libraries have been installed. Compilation stage will be prepeared to create shared and static libraries. Alpha,IA64 or VAX platform are supported. Optional argument "static" tells to configurator to make static libraries only: $@[.VMS]CONFIGURE STATIC CONFIGURE script checks your ZLIB, FREETYPE, JPEG, PNG libraries. If it detects any troubles, you may get and install good and tested ones from OpenVMS libSDL porting project site: http://fafner.dyndns.org/~alexey/libsdl/required.html When success, it creates a building script named BUILD.COM 3. Compilation: $@BUILD It should be error-free. When success, it creates a setup script named LIBGD$STARTUP.COM 4. Setup OpenVMS environment before using libGD: $@LIBGD$STARTUP LIBGD and its utilites are ready to using. Optionally you may insert this startup file into your LOGIN.COM to set libGD environment every time you login automatically. To learn libGD please refer libGD official documentation. Compiling with library should be: $CC/INCL=LIBGD PROG $LINK PROG, LIBGD:LIBGD/OPT yours, Alexey Chupahin Rostov-on-Don, Russia elvis_75@mail.ru alex@rostov.rs-ultra.ru