RE: [gtkmm] Compling the tutorial with pkg-config libs

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> I'm new to linux and GTK programming.

It would help to know about your distro and how you installed gtkmm.

> I tried to compile the first example in the tutorial with
> the instruction:
> g++ simple.cc -o simple `pkg-config gtkmm-2.0 --cflags
> --libs` and got the following errors:
> 
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/../../../libgtkmm-2.0.so:
> undefined reference to
> `Glib::ObjectBase::_cpp_destruction_is_in_progress() const'
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/../../../libgtkmm-2.0.so:
> undefined reference to `Glib::wrap(_GdkDisplay*, bool)'
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/../../../libgtkmm-2.0.so:
> undefined reference to `Glib::wrap(_GdkScreen*, bool)'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Were these the only errors, or did you see hundreds?

> I have manually over written the output of "pkg-config 
> gtkmm-2.0 --libs" to -Wl,--export-dynamic -L/usr/local/lib  
> /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgdkmm-2.0.so 
> /usr/lib/libatkmm-1.0.so -lgtk-x11-2.0 
> /usr/lib/libpangomm-1.0.so /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.0.so 
> -lsigc-1.2 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm 
> -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 
> -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0

Did you change something, or is that exactly what pkg-config outputs?

> and it works. But it defeats the purpose of having
> pkg-config.

Murray Cumming
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