When I say non-installed dmd, Im referring to keeping all of dmd contained in the folder that it comes in and not putting any of it in system paths. I dont believe that the Linux practice of having everything compiled through the console is a good thing. I want to be able to use different D compilers without having to worry about clashing with eachother whatever the package manager and repo maintainers put into the D compiler system dependencies (Im using Mint 13 btw, and lcd is currently broken).

OK, in CodeBlocks I go to "settings>compiler and debugger settings" and in the dropdown menu at top I choose "Digital Mars D compiler" and then in the compiler installation directory box I enter /home/me/dmd which is the path of the dmd-tango folder I downloaded. I then click the auto detect button. Below that I change "dynamic linker" and "static linker" to dmd. I then go to the linker tab and add "libtango-dmd" (Im not sure this is right, if you havent guessed by now Im just an amateur programmer). Now in the "search directories" tab I click the "compiler" sub-tab and put in the path of the dmd folder /home/me/dmd and then in the "linker" tab I add /home/me/dmd/import (Im really guessing here, I dont know if this is right). Now in "Project>build options" I click the linker tab and enter /home/me/dmd/lib/libtango-dmd.a

Thats it. Now when I click the build button on the little D project I have I only get one small error: "-o no longer supported, use of or od". Can anyone help me with this? Im hoping I just have to change the flags