Re: Very simple gdk-pixbuf question/new to programming

["Maher Awamy" <muhri muhri net>]

        you will want to do this

g++ -o test main.cpp `gtk-config --cflags --libs` `gdk-pixbuf-config --cflags
--libs`

so that it links gtk libs and gdk pixbuf libs to find the functions

Maher

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:14:26 +0200, Morten B. Pedersen said:

> Hi,
>  
>  I'm very new to programming in C/C++ - but I just wanted to try playing
>  around with gdk-pixbuf.
>  
>  Sorry if this question is unrelated to the mailing list.
>  
>  When I compile my source, I get:
>  
>  $ g++ main.cpp 
>  /tmp/ccdZSqAL.o: In function `main':
>  /tmp/ccdZSqAL.o(.text+0xf): undefined reference to `gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file'
>  /tmp/ccdZSqAL.o(.text+0x27): undefined reference to `gdk_pixbuf_get_width'
>  /tmp/ccdZSqAL.o(.text+0x3d): undefined reference to `gdk_pixbuf_get_height'
>  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>  
>  
>  I don't understand why this happens, because I have:
>  #include <gtk/gtk.h> and
>  #include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
>  
>  Shouldn't this work then?
>  
>  My whole source code below (I know, it doesn't do anything really):
>  
>  #include <stdlib.h>
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <iomanip.h>
>  #include <gtk/gtk.h>
>  #include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
>  
>  #define IMAGE_NAME "background.jpg"
>  
>  int main(int argc)
>  {   
>      int back_width, back_height;
>      static GdkPixbuf *background;
>      
>      background = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file (IMAGE_NAME);
>      
>      back_width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width (background);
>      back_height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height (background);
>  
>  }
>  
>  Thanks for your time.
>  
>  --
>  Med venlig hilsen - Sincerely
>  Morten B. Pedersen - morten wtf dk
>  Copenhagen, Denmark.
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