[Dev-C++] Hello

Hello all,
    This is my first post to this list.  My name is Joseph, you can call =
me Blumojo (or "blu" or "mojo" for short).  I really like Dev-cpp and am =
thinking of sending a donation if I can get the following to work.  I am =
working on NeHe's OpenGL tutorials (http://nehe.gamedev.net/)  which are =
really good - even for a novice like me, but the code he gave was for =
Visual CPP.  I have worked through a couple of the problems, but have =
become "stumped" on lesson 7 where the compiler has given me:
"implicit declaration of function int free()"
In his explanation, this function is used to free memory used to store =
texture data.

    First of all, has anyone worked through these tutorials and ported =
them to Dev-CPP/MinGW?  If so, I would greatly appreciate the code to =
help me along.  Second, is there another (perhaps better) way to free =
this memory?

Thank you all so much for the help!

-Bumojo