How to Run gtk+ of cpp applicatiion In vscode? - c++

Question

I am working with gtk+ application in cpp ,I want Bastler Pylon integration with gtk and I found by lots of research Gtk+ application uses MinGw compiler and Pylon uses MSVC compiler My problem is to run a gtk+ code into vscode ide,I never used vscode before I usually use sublime text editor in ubuntu and I want above integration in windows....
my four file structure are below...
c_cpp_properties.json
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Gtk_dev",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**",
"C:/msys64/mingw64/include/**",
"C:/msys64/mingw64/lib/glib-2.0/include"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"compilerPath": "C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe",
"cStandard": "gnu17",
"cppStandard": "gnu++14",
"intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64",
"compilerArgs": [],
"browse": {
"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": false,
"path": []
}
}
],
"version": 4
}
launch.json
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "g++.exe - Build and debug active file",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": false,
"MIMode": "gdb",
"miDebuggerPath": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
}
],
"preLaunchTask": "C/C++: g++.exe build active file"
}
]
}
tasks.json
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"type": "shell",
"label": "C/C++: gcc.exe build active file",
"command": "g++",
"args": [
"-g",
"-pthread",
"-mms-bitfields",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/gtk-3.0",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/cairo",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/pango-1.0",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/fribidi",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/atk-1.0",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/lzo",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/freetype2",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/libpng16",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/harfbuzz",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/pixman-1",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/include/glib-2.0",
"-IC:/msys64/mingw64/lib/glib-2.0/include",
"${C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/g++}",
"-LC:/mingw64/lib",
"-lgtk-3",
"-lgdk-3",
"-lz",
"-lgdi32",
"-limm32",
"-lshell32",
"-lole32",
"-luuid",
"-lwinmm",
"-ldwmapi",
"-lsetupapi",
"-lcfgmgr32",
"-lpangowin32-1.0",
"-lpangocairo-1.0",
"-lpango-1.0",
"-lharfbuzz",
"-latk-1.0",
"-lcairo-gobject",
"-lcairo",
"-lgdk_pixbuf-2.0",
"-lgio-2.0",
"-lgobject-2.0",
"-lglib-2.0",
"-lintl",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "C:/msys64/mingw64/bin"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
},
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "C/C++: g++.exe build active file",
"command": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": "build",
"detail": "compiler: C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe"
}
]
}
Error showing.................by Pressing for compile and run(ctr+shift+B)..The major problem is there is no mention which file has an error
g++.exe: error: .0: No such file or directory
g++.exe: error: .0: No such file or directory
g++.exe: error: .0: No such file or directory
g++.exe: error: .0: No such file or directory
.....some included files output.....

Answer 1

I ran into the same error yesterday. The error message actually hints at what is wrong (.0). Some of the linked libs (-l) have .0 in their name which seems to be a problem (at least on windows). Putting the respective libs into single quotation marks does the trick:
tasks.json
[...]
"-lcfgmgr32",
"'-lpangowin32-1.0'",
"'-lpangocairo-1.0'",
"'-lpango-1.0'",
"-lharfbuzz",
"'-latk-1.0'",
"-lcairo-gobject",
"-lcairo",
"'-lgdk_pixbuf-2.0'",
"'-lgio-2.0'",
"'-lgobject-2.0'",
"'-lglib-2.0'",
"-lintl",
[...]