Re: gtk + autoconf

["Daniel Fetchinson" <fetchinson googlemail com>]

> > I've written a gtk app which I'd like to distribute in source format
> > but I don't have too much experience with autoconf and friends. I
> > compile the program manually like this:
> >
> > gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -g -O2 -MT myprog.o -MD -MP -MF
> > ".deps/myprog.Tpo" `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0` -c -o myprog.o
> > myprog.c
> > gcc -g -O2 -o myprog myprog.o -lXrandr -lXrender -lX11 `pkg-config
> > --libs gtk+-2.0`
> [...]
> > I got this by copying configure.ac from some other project. As you can
> > see the X dependencies are there but how do I put in the right gtk
> > flags and dependencies?
>
>
> You use PKG_CHECK_MODULES with the gtk+-2.0 module, in the same way you
> did for xrandr.
>
> In general, you should use PKG_CHECK_MODULES for any module that works
> with pkg-config. Check pkg-config --list-all to see these modules.



Thanks a lot for the tips everyone! I managed to get it working (actually it
was simpler than I thought).

Cheers,
Daniel