CodeBlocks troubles with Slack

[Ben]

Hello Forum,
i've just installed CodeBlocks (codeblocks-cvs17112005-i686-1pn7) as suggested in forum message on a fresh Slackware 10.2 installation, just built the distro from scratch for this task, i don't want to use other distros, Slack fits in just 400Mb with X, blackbox WM and C::B; bare.i kernel, now custom things.
No fancy installation, just followed installer and got into them Libs, Gcc and X.
First problem, now solved, due to some Patrick's reasons GCC g++ 3.3.6 doesn't include proper libs, so i've also installed GCC cc and c++ compilers 3.4.4 to avoid troubles.
Now it seems c::b need wx gtk libs to run properly, see msg: "
codeblocks: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk2-2.6.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
"
i don't want to build wx from scratch, i don't even know what pieces of them does c::b needs.

Is there someone who has already used c::b with Slack ? what tgz pkgs should i need to install, where i can find them ?
i've travelled around the forum and the net for three days but with no success, thank you in advance for your reply
Regards

Ben

[takeshimiya]

I hope that the slackware package was built with the wxGTK package that is at linuxpackages.net.

If that's the case, the only thing you need is to download it from http://www.linuxpackages.net/pkg_details.php?id=8078 (for Slackware 10.2).

I don't use Slackware anymore, but the package should work ok.

[Ben]

Back again,
i've already downloaded and installed tgz package from linuxpackages but it seems it doesn't work (i can install the package, i cannot run c::b), i got the same error message, while listing libraries on my pc i've not seen the library mentioned by codeblocks... what I guess the c::b package is wrong or maded with packages i don't have.
Any ideas ? how can i solve it ?

Thanks again
Ben

[David Perfors]

do you have GTK(2) installed?

[polygon7]

If You have wxGTK installed, then make symlink in Your /usr/lib (or in /opt/wx - i dont remember, i use Gentoo now) to the wxGTK2 lib:

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ln -s Your-wxgtk2-2.6-lib libwx_gtk2-2.6.so.0

this should help.

[Ben]

So guys,
here's what i've installed (list got from pkgtool):
- wxGTK-2.6.2a-i486-1as
- gtk+-1.2.10-i386-3
- gtk+2-2.6.10-i486-1
and of course many others, but i don't think they'll be important (except GCC 3.3.6, 3.4.4 and GLIB i 've)

while searching through my disk here's what i've into /usr/lib
find / -name "*wx*" > output
/usr/bin/wxrc
/usr/bin/wx-config
/usr/bin/wxrc-2.6
/usr/doc/wxGTK-2.6.2a
/usr/lib/wx
/usr/lib/wx/include/gtk2-unicode-release-2.6/wx
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_media-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_stc-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_media-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_ogl-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_stc-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_qa-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_xrc-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_media-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_ogl-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_gizmos-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_qa-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_net-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_gizmos_xrc-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_stc-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_animate-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_xrc-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_ogl-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_net-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_animate-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_gizmos_xrc-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_net-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_xml-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_qa-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_xrc-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_gizmos-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_gizmos-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_animate-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_html-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_xml-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_gizmos_xrc-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_html-2.6.so
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_html-2.6.so.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_xml-2.6.so.0.2.0
/usr/local/lib/libwxscintilla.so.0
/usr/local/lib/libwxscintilla.so.0.0.1
/usr/local/lib/libwxscintilla.la
/usr/local/lib/libwxscintilla.so
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wxwidgets.template
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wx-main-ash.cpp
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wx-app-ash.cpp
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wx-main-sh.h
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wx-app-ash.h
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wx-main-sh.cpp
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wx-main-ash.h
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wx-main-s.cpp
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wxwidgets.cbp
/usr/local/share/codeblocks/templates/wxwidgets.png
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/wxmsw.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/wxstd.mo
/usr/share/aclocal/wxwin.m4
/usr/share/bakefile/presets/wx_win32.bkl
/usr/share/bakefile/presets/wx.bkl
/usr/share/bakefile/presets/wx_unix.bkl
/usr/include/wx-2.6
/usr/include/wx-2.6/wx
/usr/include/wx-2.6/wx/wx.h
/usr/include/wx-2.6/wx/wxchar.h
/usr/include/wx-2.6/wx/wxhtml.h
/usr/include/wx-2.6/wx/wxprec.h

So what should i link to create the missing "libwx_gtk2-2.6.so.0" ?

Thanks again folks
Ben

[takeshimiya]

There is the possibility that the C::B package was not created using the wx2.6 unicode package that is listed in linuxpackages.net

[rudin]

It seems that wxGTK library you have (from wxGTK-2.6.2a-i486-1as package), is not built as a monolithic library (which is required by CodeBlocks), so IMHO you can not use that package. I think you have to build your own wxWidgets library by yourself. Instructions can be found here: http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Compiling_Code::Blocks_in_Linux_%28applies_to_all_distros%29#wxGTK-2.6.2_installation

[mandrav]

It seems that wxGTK library you have (from wxGTK-2.6.2a-i486-1as package), is not built as a monolithic library (which is required by CodeBlocks), so IMHO you can not use that package.

Please don't say things that you are not sure about. Ofcourse it supports non-monolithic wxWidgets libs in linux.
Monolithic wx is needed only under windows.

@Ben: have you run 'ldconfig' ? If not, please do, else post the output of the following commands:

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ldconfig -V|grep wx_gtk
ldd /usr/bin/codeblocks (change the path if it is installed elsewhere)


[Ceniza]

Monolithic wx is needed only under windows.

Would you mind to explain me why is it needed?

Linking against non-monolithic wxWidgets requires a longer command line and relies on more DLLs. Building Code::Blocks with a non-monolithic wxWidgets under Windows should just need a few changes in the project file. Am I missing something?

[mandrav]

Monolithic wx is needed only under windows.

Would you mind to explain me why is it needed?

"Needed" as in "the project file is setup for it". Ofcourse you could change it for multi-dll build...

[takeshimiya]

It would be great if switching between monolithic/non-monolithic was easy in Code::Blocks.
Something to take in account for the Compiler redesign probably.

[tiwag]

It would be great if switching between monolithic/non-monolithic was easy in Code::Blocks.
Something to take in account for the Compiler redesign probably.

"Eierlegende Wollmichsau"

[Michael]

"Eierlegende Wollmichsau"

Michael

[rudin]

Please don't say things that you are not sure about. Ofcourse it supports non-monolithic wxWidgets libs in linux.
Monolithic wx is needed only under windows.

I'm sorry for causing misunderstanding. I mean wxGTK monolithic build is required for Ben's CodeBlocks installation since it's obviously said missing libwx_gtk2-2.6.so.0 (and not libwx_gtk2_core-2.6.so.0.2.0 or some other libraries). I experienced the same problem with Ben before and it was solved with building wxGTK as monolithic library.