Compiling Allegro 4.2 For MinGW/CodeBlocks

I'm having trouble getting Allegro to Compile. When I begin the fix.bat mingw, it gives me an output which says:

Configuring for Windows/Allegro...Stop!

Yet, when I try to compile the rest by typing mingw32-make.exe, the following is output:

makefile.all:248: ***recipe commences before first target. Stop. 

I've been spending a good hour trying to get this to compile, and there I haven't been able to find much on开发者_开发问答 the net in terms of troubleshooting specifically for MinGW.

Everything I've done has been from here, though nothing past the point of compilation.

If anyone would like a log file of some sort, please let me know how I can provide that and I will as soon as possible.

First, there's no reason to use Allegro 4.2 as it is past end of life. If you want to use the 4 series, you should be using the 4.4 branch.

http://www.allegro.cc/files/?v=4.4

It's possible that the Makefile on it will just work, but you may also need to update your copy of MinGW in case the version you have is buggy.

Also, there's not much use in compiling Allegro yourself unless you are planning on working on the library itself. The link above has binary downloads that include everything you need to use the library.