Re: compile gtkmm source code

["cd rom" <cdrom205 googlemail com>]

Wow, great replies!!! Thanks you guys so much and the additional stuff is that i was struggling to set gtkmm up in window platform but now i realise that i can set it up with codeblock as well. I try Dev-c++ before but got stumped, lol. thanks again.

On 23/06/06, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com > wrote:

On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 12:58 -0600, Gezim Hoxha wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-23-06 at 12:00 +0100, cd rom wrote:
> > hi, i am a newbie to gtkmm programming, i  can program c++ so now i
> > like to experience GUI. I am fowlling the tutorial from the website,
> > the problem that i am facing is i can't compile gtkmm source code.
> > Like this, i am using anjuta to compile+manage gtkmm project and i
> > append the line `pkg-config gtkmm -2.4 --cflags --libs` and it works
> > for some project and for others it complains about missing headers
> > like gtkmm.h, main.h. It drives me insane + frustration.

I assume that sometimes you just didn't get that line right.

It is annoying that Anjuta doesn't do it for you:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340618

>  So do you
> > guys use any IDE for gtkmm or you guys just compile it from terminal
> > and in either case can you explain how to set it up or do it?

Most people create the build files by hand. It's not actually that
difficult, and you can copy/paste from existing stuff.
http://www.openismus.com/documents/linux/automake/automake.shtml

> Hi, I went through the same frustration with Anjuta that you're going
> through. I then installed codeblocks stable
> ( http://www.codeblocks.org/ ) and it works great. In order to get gtkmm
> working with codeblocks, look at these posts:
> http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?topic=3181.0 . Now, I don't have
> to write makefiles and all that. I just build and run the execs from
> codeblocks :)
>
> Enjoy,
> -Gezim
>
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