Re: [Fwd: Re: How to clear/replace filter list in File Chooser?] Compiling first GTKMM program

[Robert Pearce <rob bdt-home demon co uk>]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:03:48 -0800 (PST) Tricia wrote:
> 
> I tried the order you suggested:
> 
> $ g++ main.cpp helloworld.cpp `pkg-config gtkmm-2.4 --cflags --libs` -o main
> : No such file or directory
> 
That's a little odd - error messages with a : in the very first column
usually indicate some bizarreness

> 
> I don't think a typo on the filenames is the issue either.  the files in
> this directory:
> $ ls
> Makefile  helloworld.cpp  helloworld.h  main.cpp  simple.cc
> 
> Thanks for the advice.  Anything else I could try?

I would try issuing the pkg-config command by itself :

  $ pkg-config gtkmm-2.4 --cflags --libs

This will show you what is being passed to the compiler as options. If
there's something wrong with this command you may get garbage that the
compiler sees as an invalid path. You should get a long list of options
of the form "-I/usr/include/..." and "-lname"

(For what it's worth, I believe the original advice about order of
compiler arguments to be erroneous)