So I've boned my system. I'm running LFS with xfce and it has been running perfectly. I needed to install a video editing package and some dependencies (AppStream, stemmer) but they failed during the install. At the time I didn't think much about it and decided to come back to it later. Now when I run the configure, it get a message:
error: C compiler cannot create executables
I decided to create a test file that just outputs "Yo Dude!" in the terminal. When I try to compile it I get the message:
error: no include path in which to search for stdc-predef.h
It seems as if it can't find the library files, even putting the absolute path to stdio.h doesn't work. I did notice that gcc now shows as 11.2.0 but when I installed the system, I installed 12.2.0. I downloaded 12.2.0 but it won't compile. I can't compile because gcc is broke and I can't install gcc because gcc is broke. I'm trying not to re-install the system. Any suggestions on how I can get around this?
I have a C++ application that uses WxWidgets. It compiles perfectly with g++ on my computer.
However I need to run the application on a Raspberry Pi 3. Compiling directly on Raspi takes almost an hour.
So I want to do a cross compilation: compile it on my computer and copy the executable to raspberry.
I tried to follow a tutorial, however the generated file is an "x86-64" file:
http://yasriady.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-build-wxwidgets-for-raspberry-pi.html
My computer:
Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS;
g++ 9.3.0;
wxWidgets v3.1.5.0;
build flags for my computer: CC_FLAGS=-std=c++17 -w -c -rdynamic -W wx-config --cxxflags --libs --gl-libs geos-config --cflags -lgeos -lglut -lGLU -lGL -lm -lGLEW .
Should I re-install wxWidgets for arm? I'm new to cross-compilation
Thank you so much
I already have wxWidgets installed and compiling for x86. Afterwards, I installed wxWidgets for arm-linux following the tutorial.
When I run "make for the examples from the samples folder, the generated file is for x86.
Maybe "make" is compiling using the x86 compiler, not the newly installed arm compiler.
You should be able to cross-compile for RPi without any problems, double check that you've specified the correct --host option and didn't get any errors from configure (if you did, look at config.log to see why).
We have a Solaris 11 system with gcc 7.3, we need to install the Ada package. On Linux gcc 7 came with the Ada/GNAT as part of the gcc install:
apt install gcc
I visited AdaCore looks like Solaris (SPARC) is not longer on the list. I need to use Ada95 and we want the same compiler on both Linux and Solaris in any case.
pkg install gcc
Only installed various C++ commands and Fortran.
pkg install gcc-ada
And variants like gcc7ada, found nothing to install.
If must, we can rebuild the Ada component of GCC 7, however I haven't found a clear cood-book style "How To ..."for that (yet).
Hopefully you can point me to these items in order of preference to help us get back-on-track.
Solaris 11 gcc-ada package for gcc7/Solaris 11 spark, and the package repository.
An 'alternative' package repository were I can retrieve the GCC Ada tooling.
Pre-build GCC 7 Ada module that we can copy to the right places.
Ready-rolled Build Ada/GNAT project for Solaris and how to download and get start building.
Instructions to download and build gcc-ada with gcc 7 on Solaris (or Unix).
From th epast few days searching about on Gnu Compiler Collection, Oracle, the package manager searches, google and so forth ... It really seems like there's next to no support for CGG Ada on Solaris these days.
I very interested in other solutions beyond that list. For instance, has anyone cross-compiled from Linux to Solaris? Would that work with GDB on the Solaris machine anyway?
Looking forward to your suggestions.
I've successfully built gcc 7.50 (x86_64 native with i386 cross-compiler) with GNAT on OpenIndiana (Hipster 2020/10) using the following procedure.
Download the bootstrap compiler from Dragonlace at http://downloads.dragonlace.net/src/ada-bootstrap.x86_64.solaris.511.tar.bz2
Get the illumos gcc 7.5.0 source from https://github.com/illumos/gcc/tree/il-7_5_0
Put the bootstrap compiler's bin directory at the front of $PATH, replace /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cpp /usr/bin/g++ with symlinks to their counterparts in the bootstrap compiler directory (see note below re g++ and c++)
Make sure you've got gnu-binutils and gmake; then run contrib/download_prerequisites
Configure with
--enable-languages='c ada c++' --build=x86_64-aux-solaris2.11 --enable-threads=posix --disable-libmudflap --disable-libgomp --disable-libssp --disable-libquadmath --disable-nls --disable-shared --disable-lto --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-multilib --with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/bin/gas --without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/bin/ld
gmake and then gmake install
NOTES:
This setup should be close enough to Solaris 11 to work. If it doesn't, try using the regular gcc 7.5.0 release rather than the illumos-modified branch.
If you get stuck at a linking stage, try using a gcc ld, but you should definitely try to use the Solaris ld first. The gnu as (gas) makes the build go much more smoothly. I didn't have any problems, but if you get stuck at the end of stage 1 or the beginning of stage 2, try setting $CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/bin/ksh -- I think it has been fixed, but at least with older gcc releases one needed to specify ksh because the built-in sh had some non-POSIX peculiarities that didn't work with some of the components' makefiles
I couldn't get one of the support libs for gnat to compile easily without building gcc c++ and using g++ with a full bootstrap. You might be able to figure it out, but the path of least resistance is likely to build gcc c++ and put the g++ symlink in /usr/bin, which is where the makefile wanted to find it.
Please note that I don't know much about Solaris, but a quick search on Google gave me the website OpenCSW. This website provides the packages gcc4ada and gcc5ada.
It appears that gcc5ada is build using a makefile (as found here, in particular notice line 424). A similar makefile exists for gcc7ada (as found here, in particular notice line 426). However, while it seems that the package "gcc7ada" can be created with the latter makefile, it is not published on the OpenCSW.org website (website is no longer updated?).
You could try to install gcc5ada first and then use this old GCC/GNAT compiler as a bootstrapper for compiling the required version (using the GCC 7 makefile).
Original Question
I am having trouble installing gtk to start building GUIs in C++ on Code::Blocks. Could anyone nudge me in the right direction? I'm running Windows 10 (64-bit) on a Lenovo.
I attempted an installation guide (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvQXvTtSIQo), stack overflow (How do you install GTK+ 3.0 on Windows?), the official GTK installation guide (https://www.gtk.org/download/windows.php), a written guide (http://www.tarnyko.net/repo/gtk3_build_system/tutorial/gtk3_tutorial.htm), and just noticed a very similar stack overflow (Install GTK for c on Windows 10?)
Before this, my PATH environment variable only recorded C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\atom\bin;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
I downloaded MinGW from mingw.org. This was to the youtube link's comment that the official is more stable than the one that can be installed with Code::Blocks. I added C:\MinGW\bin to PATH.
Trying the official GTK installation site, I downloaded MSYS2 and used pacman -Syu to install core system packages and pacman -Su to then update. That's the end of that, so I think gtk is officially installed, I just need to get it to talk to Code::Blocks. I added C:\msys64\mingw64\bin to PATH but that didn't seem to work.
I tried to install the all-in-one bundle for GTK 3.6.4 at http://www.tarnyko.net/dl/gtk.htm , and extracted it to C:\gtk. I now have C:\gtk\bin in PATH. GTK should be in my path in one form or the other. I can run gtk3-demo and gtk-demo-application from CMD but not MSYS2. I'm a bit confused about that. It probably has something to do with MSYS2's specific path variable, I think? But it should search the system's PATH afterward? And I don't know how to change that specific path? Probably questions for another day.
So the similar stack overflow, youtube, and written tutorial all say to use pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0 to check for a reasonable output to see if I have gtk correctly installed. I installed
pkg-config-lite to avoid the glib circular dependency issue that How to install pkg config in windows? describes and frankly I do not understand. I added it to C:\MinGW\bin to by in my path. Now I am able to run it, but get:
Package gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-3.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-3.0' found
I tried 3.6.4 instead of 3.0. No dice. I tried just 3. Nope. I can only find gtk3 files, and not the actual version I installed anywhere. pkg-config --cflags --libs says that I need to name a library, so I tried just gtk hopiing to get libraries containing that. Nope. The rest of the tutorials are aimed at getting Code::Blocks compiler (I think) to include gtk. I hope this is the only obstacle, and I will be able to get the rest. But, if anyone can help me through the rest, it would be appreciated.
At this point I'm out of ideas. Can someone help me?
Gratefully,
John
More Questions After Liberforce's Answer
Thank you for writing up https://www.gtk.org/download/windows.php !! I bet it helps a lot of frustrated newbies like myself. I will kindly offer more proper feedback after I get everything to work. I am stuck on compiling a C/C++ program, if you can help more. Before I get to that, I want to be very clear about the precise steps I took. The step names correspond to your written instructions.
Step 1: Install MSYS2
Alright, resetting everything...
Removed C:/gtk directory from PATH and from computer, aka all the tarnyko files.
Removed C:/MinGW directory from PATH and from computer, effectively uninstalling. I read your conversation with Simon (Unable to compile code with GTK and https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/156828/discussion-between-liberforce-and-simon) about the confusion between MinGW's terminal which includes msys1.0 and MSYS2 terminal which includes MinGW. I figured this would be safer.
Thus, I only have C:\msys64 in PATH (and what I had before, irrelevant to GTK).
Uninstalled MSYS2 (via Add/Remove Programs) and reinstalled using the x86_64 from www.msys2.org. On pacman -Syu, I received error, "msys2-runtime and catgets are in conflict" and "msys2-runtime and libcatgets are in conflict." Entered y to remove both.
I keep uninstalling and reinstallling but I hit the following problem... (5/5) upgrading pacman was at 100% and the warning pops up:
warning: terminate MSYS2 without returning to shell and check for updates again
warning: for example close your terminal window instead of calling exit
The program halts here. I assume this means to close the window. I did, and clicked OK for the dialogue "Processes are running in session: Close anyway?." Window now printed "Hangup signal received" and it is no longer responding. I use task-manager to kill it.
Openning MSYS2 by the desktop application after the first pacman -Syu gave me the dialogue to choose which shell: MSYS2, Mingw-w64 32 bit, Mingw-w64 64 bit. I instead went into the filesystem and openned C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd for all future instances.
Ran pacman -Syu to finish installing packages. I restart MSYS2 again, and ran pacman -Su to reveal
:: Starting core system upgrade...
there is nothing to do
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do
pacman -Syuu showed:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
mingw32 is up to date
mingw64 is up to date
msys is up to date
The pacman -Su, pacman -Sy, and pacman -Suu likewise reveal everything okay. Closed and reopenned C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd
pkg-cofig just gives "bash: pkg-config: command not found." So I ran pacman -S pkg-config and got that working. update-core, though, which is mentioned in https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/MSYS2-installation cannot be found, and pacman -S update-core will not work. pacman -Ss core turns up:
msys/coreutils 8.26-2 (base) [installed]
The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating
system
And other files that seem unrelated. Results of pacman -Ss core likewise seem irrelevant.
pacman --version shows:
.--. Pacman v5.0.1 - libalpm v10.0.1
/ _.-' .-. .-. .-. Copyright (C) 2006-2016 Pacman Development Team
\ '-. '-' '-' '-' Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Judd Vinet
'--'
This program may be freely redistributed under
the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Ran "pacman --needed -S bash pacman pacman-mirrors msys2-runtime" to reveal:
warning: bash-4.4.019-2 is up to date -- skipping
warning: pacman-5.0.1-5 is up to date -- skipping
warning: pacman-mirrors-20160112-1 is up to date -- skipping
warning: msys2-runtime-2.10.0-2 is up to date -- skipping
there is nothing to do
I exited out of all msys shells, and ran C:\msys64\autorebase.bat, although not on a 32 bit system. I believe there is a typo when it says to reopen msys2_shell.bat, which I do not have. I openned msys2_shell.cmd. I use pacman -Suu once more to reveal that everything is okay.
Step 2 -> Step 5 (optional): Install build tools
Openned C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd and ran "pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3" (GTK+3 package) and "pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain base-devel" (package to develop GTK+3 applications in other languages) (defaulted to all installations when prompted).
Failed to Compile a GTK+3 Application
Restarted computer. Openned C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd. Following https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-getting-started.html.
Put the simple window tutorial file in C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\test_code\example-0.c . When running gcc pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0 -o example-0 example-0.c pkg-config --libs gtk+-3.0 , got the error in my original question. Used "pacman -Ss gtk3" to see two packages I think I need. Ran "pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3 mingw-w64-x86_64-gtkmm3" .
To answer your questions to Simon about this same error at Unable to compile code with GTK , pkg-config --list-all | grep gtk returns nothing, even after closing and reopenning C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd. "which gcc" returns:
which: no gcc
in(/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/c/Windows/System32:
/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:
/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl)
I see gtk-3.0 under C:\msys64\mingw64\include. I have no idea how to add this to the path. "echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH" returns:
/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig:/lib/pkgconfig
Correctly Compiled a File in Console with GTK+3
Checked that GTK was in Console
I needed to open up MSYS2 in a Mingw-w64 64 bit shell. This can be preformed via the Desktop app for MSYS2 which prompts you which one of three shells you want to open: MSYS2, Mingw32, and Mingw64. Specifically, me installing gtk with the command mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain means it can only be accessed this way.
Commands in this shell show that I do, in fact, have gtk:
$ pkg-config --modversion gtk+-3.0 --> 3.22.29
$ which gcc --> /mingw64/bin/gcc
Compiled Sample Code from Mingw64 Console
I referenced https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/MSYS2-introduction to learn the file system / drive mounting syntax. I will place the sample code gotten from https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-getting-started.html in `/c/Users/Owner/Desktop/test_code/example-0.c'. I just used my favorite IDE, Atom, but any text editor would do.
Openned MSYS2's Mingw64 shell, cd /c/Users/Owner/Desktop/test_code/ , compiled with gcc \pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0` -o example-0 example-0.c `pkg-config --libs gtk+-3.0`` , and execute with ./example-0
Unsuccessful to Link GTK+3 and the Code::Blocks Compiler
I Understand some Linker Settings
I went into Code::Blocks. Went to Settings > Compiler... Made sure to use the dropdown box under Selected compiler to select GNU GCC Compiler, and clicked Reset Defaults because of complications when I first installed Code::Blocks. The check boxes under Compiler Flags should all blank after the reset, and so I checked "Have g++ follow the C++14 ISO C++ language standard [-std=c++14]" under General and "Enable all common compiler warnings (overrides many other settings) [-Wall]" under Warnings.
Next to where it says Compiler Flags, I went to Linker settings and added text to Other linker options. I got this text by running pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0:
-mms-bitfields -pthread -mms-bitfields -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/gtk-3.0 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/cairo -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/pango-1.0 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/fribidi -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/atk-1.0 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/cairo -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/pixman-1 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/freetype2 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/harfbuzz -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/libpng16 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/libpng16 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/glib-2.0 -IC:/msys64/mingw64/lib/glib-2.0/include -IC:/msys64/mingw64/include -LC:/msys64/mingw64/lib -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lgdi32 -limm32 -lshell32 -lole32 -Wl,-luuid -lwinmm -ldwmapi -lsetupapi -lcfgmgr32 -lz -lpangowin32-1.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lfribidi -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl
Explanation: When compiling from console, I used a command that included the text /pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0`` . The backticks mean to run pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0 BEFORE the higher-level compilation command, and insert whatever text comes out into the higher-level compilation command. Code::Blocks needs that text under the Linker settings.
I do not Understand the Search Directories
In Settings > Compiler... , beside where it says Compiler Settings, I clicked Search directories. I know you need to do some work here. After this, you go back to Linker Settings to finish, and your Code::Blocks will be ready to go!
If anyone can help me here, or if I figure it out, I would love to finish, in case this helps posterity. I have GTK compiling, and that is good enough for now.
Ok, let's start from the beginning.
Don't use tarnyko packages, they're outdated and not maintained anymore
Official way to get GTK+ 3 on Windows is through MSYS2
Don't blindly follow every guide you find on the internet, mixing them all together and expect things to work. Things change, and something that was advertised at some point can be outdated and plain wrong at the time you read it. If you cook a dish with 3 different recipes at the same time, don't expect it to taste good.
So:
Remove all remnants of the tarnyko bundle
Remove pkg-config-lite. pkg-config is already installed through MSYS2 if you follow official installations
Try to get things working with the MSYS2 guide (pkg-config detection, and compiling a simple GTK+ program) without the Code::Blocks integration first
Once this works, making it work on Code::Block should be a matter of setting some environment variables and pointing to the right pkg-config.
I used gtk+ bundle_2.24.10 32 bit on Windows 7.
I downloaded it from tarnkos, there's no need to do change a single setting in code blocks 17.12.
I've had Eclipse for Java on my computer for a few years, and decided to install the CDT and learn C. I installed both MinGW and Cygwin and the CDT detects and tries to use them when I make a new project.
I choose File > New C++ Project and choose Hello World C++ Project and the CygwinGCC toolchain. I name the project "asdf" and hit "Build Debug" in the toolbar. The compiler completes without error. I hit Run and nothing happens.
Browsing to the project directory manually and running asdf.exe gives me an error saying:
"The program can't start because cygwin1.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
The same thing happens using MinGW, only a different dll is missing.
What do I need to do to have a usable .exe?
(I'm running Windows 7 x64 and the newest version of Eclipse and the CDT.)
EDIT:
The compiler output is as follows:
**** Build of configuration Debug for project asdf ****
make all
Building file: ../src/asdf.cpp
Invoking: Cygwin C++ Compiler
g++ -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -MMD -MP -MF"src/asdf.d" -MT"src/asdf.d" -o"src/asdf.o" "../src/asdf.cpp"
cygwin warning:
MS-DOS style path detected: C:\Users\Shawn\Dropbox\eclipse\asdf\Debug
Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/Users/Shawn/Dropbox/eclipse/asdf/Debug
CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
Finished building: ../src/asdf.cpp
Building target: asdf.exe
Invoking: Cygwin C++ Linker
g++ -o"asdf.exe" ./src/asdf.o
Finished building target: asdf.exe
This error message means that Windows isn't able to find "cygwin1.dll". The Programs that the Cygwin gcc create depend on this DLL. The file is part of cygwin , so most likely it's located in C:\cygwin\bin. To fix the problem all you have to do is add C:\cygwin\bin (or the location where cygwin1.dll can be found) to your system path. Alternatively you can copy cygwin1.dll into your Windows directory.
There is a nice tool called DependencyWalker that you can download from http://www.dependencywalker.com . You can use it to check dependencies of executables, so if you inspect your generated program it tells you which dependencies are missing and which are resolved.
You can compile with either Cygwin's g++ or MinGW (via stand-alone or using Cygwin package). However, in order to run it, you need to add the Cygwin1.dll (and others) PATH to the system Windows PATH, before any cygwin style paths.
Thus add: ;C:\cygwin64\bin to the end of your Windows system PATH variable.
Also, to compile for use in CMD or PowerShell, you may need to use:
x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++.exe -static -std=c++11 prog_name.cc -o prog_name.exe
(This invokes the cross-compiler, if installed.)
To add to this and save someone another google, just do this in cmd:
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\cygwin64\bin