mingw Digest, Vol 48, Issue 31

Tue Sep 25 20:21:46 UTC 2012

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>    1. gtk+ compiling with mingw64 (kees de jong)
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> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:44:49 +0000
> From: kees de jong <omekeesje at ziggo.nl>
> To: mingw at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: gtk+ compiling with mingw64
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> Hello everybody,
> A couple of weeks ago I installed fedora because my
> Debian did not(yet?) support the mingw64-gtk+ library etc.
> I installed all the needed stuff for compiling gtk+ programs
> with the mingw64 crosscompiler,
> (I have written gtk+ programs for about 10 years, so I think
> I know what I am doing), but I missed the necessary information
> about environmentvariables etc.
> At last I found with some luck in my aliases the coms: mingw32-env
> and mingw64.env.
> After running one of those I tried to compile some of the programs
> of the mingw64-gtk+ demo directory.
> I did this both with the 32bits (i86) environment and library
> as well as with the 64bits idem, in both cases with and without
> the --static option for pkg-config.
> The compiler returned for the 32bits version the following error:
> undefined reference to WinMain at 16,
> and for the 64bits version:
> undefined reference to WinMain.
> This happened with static- as well as dynamically linked compiling.
> I think I must have made some mistake somewhere, but there is,
> as far as I know, no documentation to put me right.
> Maybe there is someone in this forum who can give me a hint?
> Has someone succeeded in compiling the gtk+-demo-programs?
> Greetings,
> Kees de Jong
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:22:46 +0200
> From: Erik van Pienbroek <erik at vanpienbroek.nl>
> To: mingw at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: gtk+ compiling with mingw64
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> Hi Kees,
> 
> It isn't necessary to cross-compile gtk+ yourself when using Fedora.
> We're already providing packages for both gtk2 and gtk3. The package
> names for them are mingw32-gtk2, mingw64-gtk2, mingw32-gtk3 and
> mingw64-gtk3. You can install them with one of the various package
> managers which are available in Fedora.
> 
> The gtk-demo binary is also provided by these packages
> 
> For a basic introduction in the Fedora MinGW toolchain and how it can be
> used can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW/Tutorial
> 
> When you install one or the gtk+ packages I mentioned earlier and use
> the commands described in the tutorial you should be able to build your
> own application against the cross-compiled gtk+ stack.
> 
> If you've got any other questions about the Fedora MinGW cross-compiler
> stack feel free to let us know using this mailing list of join us on
> IRC: irc.freenode.net/#fedora-mingw
> 
> Groeten,
> 
> Erik van Pienbroek
> 
> 
> kees de jong schreef op zo 23-09-2012 om 15:44 [+0000]:
> > Hello everybody,
> > A couple of weeks ago I installed fedora because my
> > Debian did not(yet?) support the mingw64-gtk+ library etc.
> > I installed all the needed stuff for compiling gtk+ programs
> > with the mingw64 crosscompiler,
> > (I have written gtk+ programs for about 10 years, so I think
> > I know what I am doing), but I missed the necessary information
> > about environmentvariables etc.
> > At last I found with some luck in my aliases the coms: mingw32-env
> > and mingw64.env.
> > After running one of those I tried to compile some of the programs
> > of the mingw64-gtk+ demo directory.
> > I did this both with the 32bits (i86) environment and library
> > as well as with the 64bits idem, in both cases with and without
> > the --static option for pkg-config.
> > The compiler returned for the 32bits version the following error:
> > undefined reference to WinMain at 16,
> > and for the 64bits version:
> > undefined reference to WinMain.
> > This happened with static- as well as dynamically linked compiling.
> > I think I must have made some mistake somewhere, but there is,
> > as far as I know, no documentation to put me right.
> > Maybe there is someone in this forum who can give me a hint?
> > Has someone succeeded in compiling the gtk+-demo-programs?
> > Greetings,
> > Kees de Jong
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Hallo Erik,
Thanks for your very prompt reaction on my question!
The problem I had, came as I have found, from a very silly
mistake I have made.
I tried to compile c-progams from the demo directory in
the gtk-package, but that will not do, because all of
those programs are without the, for c nessecary main(....)
function, so it is not possible to compile them into executables.
In the mean time I succeeded in compiling one of my own programs
and running it on win7.
Sorry for the stupid question!
But maybe You can tell me now of- and how it is possible to compile
my progam statically with the gtk+-library ( I dont like putting
all those ddl's on windows because that hinders easy portability)
The things I tried (cc option -static and/or pkg-config option
--static) both failed.
Veel dank,
Kees de Jong