Re: [Vala] Using Libraries

[Landon Blake <sunburned surveyor gmail com>]

Thank you both for your responses. The installation and use of
libraries in Vala makes a lot more sense now. I'll take a crack at
installing and using Gee later this weekend. I might have a follow-up
question or two at that time.

I look forward to creating Vala libraries others can use under an open
source license.

Thank you again.

Landon

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 5:17 AM,  <tarnyko tarnyko net> wrote:
> Hi Landon,
> > I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to use libraries in a
> > Vala program. I understand how to import a namespace and how to
> > include the library in my command to the compiler. But how do I
> > install a library in the proper location so I don't get a compiler
> > warning about a missing namespace?
>
>
> You need 2 components :
> - the library itself, correctly installed (.h files in /usr/include, .so
> files in /usr/lib...) Under Linux, the package manager automatically takes
> care of this : "apt-get install ..."
> - the corresponding .vapi file in /usr/share/vala/vapi/.
> > What if I want to use the Gee library on Ubuntu?
>
>
> apt-get install libgee-dev
> It already includes the .vapi.
> > if I want to compile against the GTK 3.0 library on Windows
>
>
> Under Win32 with MinGW, You install the library using the MinGW package
> manager, and put the .vapi in C:\ProgramData\vala-<version>\vapi.
> Specific here. MinGW doesn't provide GTK+3 for now. But you'll find it by
> typing "gtk+3 win32" in Google.
> Tarnyko