How to install wxWidgets

[robertdaleweir]

Hi
I downloaded wxWidget-3.0.3.tar.bz2 to my Fedora 24 distro with 'gcc-6.3.1-1.fc24' installed. I was able to compile, as a user, without any problems. I also managed to run ' make ' as a user. I then became ' root ' and ran ' make install ' which appeared to finish properly. There were a few notices ( at the end of the ' make install ') about ' ldconfig ' and ' LD_LIBRARY_PATH ', which I do not understand. Before I try to compile an app called ' waste ' and I am not sure what to do in order to make ' wxWidgets ' libraries, or whatever, available to me when I do this compile. Waste says it requires ' wxWidgets '. Can someone help me figure this out?
Robert

[DavidHart]

Hi,

In summary, you build against wxWidgets by telling the wx-config script to emit compilation and link instructions. As wxWidgets-3.0.3/docs/gtk/install.txt tells you (it's buried in amongst other stuff, but it is there) a simple build would look like:

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g++ myfoo.cpp `wx-config --libs --cxxflags` -o myfoo

where wx-config --cxxflags outputs the compilation information; wx-config --libs for linking.

I suggest you test-run those commands separately in a terminal. That will prove that your installation works, and also show what to expect.

BTW, like all major distros, fedora does supply official wxWidgets packages (dnf install wxGTK3-devel) so you didn't need to self-build.

Regards,

David

[robertdaleweir]

Hi David
I have followed your suggestion and I am reading the 'install.txt' file. I will also give your command line compile a shot, in small pieces at first. I was unaware that Fedora had an install within its distro. Thank you so much, I will pursue these items.
Robert