So, I have to ask very noobish question, but I have been scrambling all over the Internet and I can't seem to find the anwser.
So, I decided to use Boost with Code::Blocks. I used BoostPro Installer and installed the latest version, which is 1.51.0.
So, directory where my Boost folder is located is :
C:/Program files/boost
That directory also contains one folder within it, so it's like this :
C:/Program files/boost/boost_1_51
So, my question is, how do setup my Code::Blocks so it can work. I did the following :
Went to Settings > Global Variables, created a new one called boost.
Set it's base to : C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_51
Set it's include to : C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_51\boost
Then, I went to my project, right-clicked it > Build Options > highlighted my root project > Search Directories.
Then, under my Compiler sub-tab, I clicked Add and added this :
$(#boost.include)
Under Linker sub-tab, I clicked Add and added this :
$(#boost.lib)
And I can't seem to compile sample code (located on official Boost web-site > Getting started).
Thanks in advance!
The CodeBlocks wiki has instructions on setting up boost: http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=BoostWindowsQuickRef
In particular, for building boost from source, look at the Build Boost section and make sure to choose the correct toolset (in your case, I assume it would be --toolset=gcc when using MinGW).
In order to use Filesystem, I used another computer, and performed the following steps, and it worked:
1) Installed MinGW
2) Added this enviroment variable => C:\MinGW\bin
3) bootstrap.bat gcc
4) b2 install --prefix="C:\Boostbuild" --toolset=gcc
5) Added this enviroment variable => C:\Boostbuild\bin
6) b2 --build-dir="C:\Boostbuild" toolset=gcc --build-type=complete stage
7) Installed CodeBlocks without MinGW
CodeBlocks:
8) Settings->Global variables: current variable => boost, Base => C:\boost_1_53_0, include => C:\boost_1_53_0\stage\lib
9) On the new C++ console project:
Build Options->Choose Project Name on the left -> search directories
On compiler tab, press Add and type: $(#boost)
On linker tab, press Add and type: $(#boost.lib)
10) On the new C++ console project:
Build Options->Choose Project Name on the left -> linker settings
Add the following link libraries:
..\..\boost_1_53_0\stage\lib\libboost_filesystem-mgw46-mt-1_53.a
..\..\boost_1_53_0\stage\lib\libboost_system-mgw46-mt-1_53.a
Thanks everybody
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I'm trying to write Parquet files on Windows using C++.
I followed the instructions I found here and chose the "Using conda-forge for build dependencies" and "Building using Visual Studio (MSVC) Solution Files" approaches.
In contrast to the article on the page mentioned before, my calls to cmake look like this:
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 ^
-DARROW_BUILD_TESTS=OFF ^
-DARROW_PARQUET=ON ^
-DARROW_BUILD_SHARED=OFF ^
-DARROW_BUILD_STATIC=ON ^
-DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=AUTO
cmake --build . --config Release
I want to use Parquet/Arrow as a static library, so I set -DARROW_BUILD_SHARED=OFF and -DARROW_BUILD_STATIC=ON.
In the "build" folder created after running cmake, I built the Parquet and Arrow INSTALL projects (build\src\parquet\INSTALL.vxcproj, build\src\arrow\INSTALL.vxcproj) with Visual Studio 2019. As a result, a folder structure was created under C:\Program Files\arrow\lib including arrow_static.lib and parquet_static.lib.
Under C:\Program Files\arrow\include\arrow respectively \parquet all related header files can be found.
I then set up a new C++ project (Release Build | x64) in Visual Studio referencing the previously build static libs and including directories.
In the project settings under "C/C++->Preprocessor->Preprocessor Definitions" I added PARQUET_STATIC and ARROW_STATIC.
For a first test, I use the "reader_writer" example from the apache arrow GitHub repo:
Now, if I build the reader_writer example, I receive multiple linking errors (LNK2001) like the following example:
Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol "public: virtual char const * __cdecl apache::thrift::transport::TTransportException::what(void)const " (?what#TTransportException#transport#thrift#apache##UEBAPEBDXZ) ReaderWriterDemo D:\..\ReaderWriterDemo\parquet_static.lib(column_writer.obj)
All errors have in common that they refer to as "thrift" at some point.
I was under the impression that when using "conda-forge for build dependencies" (see first link above), that all required dependencies would be available/somehow integrated into the solutions built by CMake?!
When running "cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64" I can see the following in the log output though:
-- Checking for module 'thrift'
-- Found thrift, version 0.15.0
-- Found Thrift: D:/Programs/Miniconda3/envs/arrow-dev/Library/lib/thriftmd.lib (found suitable version "0.15.0", minimum required is "0.11.0")
My attempts to build the thrift library separately by using the resources found here weren't successful; information regarding Windows seems to be incomplete/outdated.
I assume that it should be possible to set up the Arrow/Parquet libs only by using resources from https://github.com/apache/arrow/.
Perhaps some of you have already gone through the same process and can give me a hint as to where else I may have missed something.
So i am new on the platform, i use c/c++ and i have interests in graph interfaces so i decided to use gtk+and gtkmm with visual studio.
First, i downloaded gtk for the gnome project. I followed all the steps and i got this after a manual run :
\\\ test23.cpp
#include <gtkmm.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
Gtk::Main app(argc, argv);
Gtk::Window fenetre;
Gtk::Main::run(fenetre);
return 0;
}
$ g++ -std=c++ test23.cpp $(pkg-config gtkmm-3.0 --cflags --libs | sed 's/ -I/ -isystem /g')
Package gtkmm-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtkmm-3.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtkmm-3.0' found
bash: g++: command not found
so i decided to install using vcpkg.
But I failed to install gtk+ and gtkmm after multiple tries.
Here what i've got :
C:\WINDOWS\system32>vcpkg install gtk
Computing installation plan...
The following packages will be built and installed:
gtk[core]:x86-windows
* harfbuzz[core,glib]:x86-windows
* libepoxy[core]:x86-windows
* pango[core]:x86-windows
Additional packages (*) will be modified to complete this operation.
Detecting compiler hash for triplet x86-windows...
Starting package 1/4: libepoxy:x86-windows
Building package libepoxy[core]:x86-windows...
Could not locate cached archive: C:\Users\Manolo97233\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives\f7\f743ec00b235ca7fd37812284b7d2e09d89b368a.zip
-- Using cached C:/Windows/SysWOW64/vcpkg/downloads/anholt-libepoxy-1.5.4.tar.gz
-- Cleaning sources at C:/Windows/SysWOW64/vcpkg/buildtrees/libepoxy/src/1.5.4-337c486045.clean. Use --editable to skip cleaning for the packages you specify.
-- Extracting source C:/Windows/SysWOW64/vcpkg/downloads/anholt-libepoxy-1.5.4.tar.gz
-- Applying patch libepoxy-1.5.4_Add_call_convention_to_mock_function.patch
-- Using source at C:/Windows/SysWOW64/vcpkg/buildtrees/libepoxy/src/1.5.4-337c486045.clean
-- Acquiring MSYS Packages...
CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_execute_required_process.cmake:72 (message):
Command failed: C:/Windows/SysWOW64/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe --noprofile --norc -c "pacman -S --noconfirm --needed pkg-config"
Working Directory: C:/Windows/SysWOW64/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2
Error code: 1
See logs for more information:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vcpkg\buildtrees\libepoxy\msys-pacman-x86-windows-err.log
Call Stack (most recent call first):
scripts/cmake/vcpkg_acquire_msys.cmake:127 (vcpkg_execute_required_process)
scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake:106 (vcpkg_acquire_msys)
ports/libepoxy/portfile.cmake:16 (vcpkg_configure_meson)
scripts/ports.cmake:79 (include)
I believed i had a problem with msys2 so i tried to install it separately following an install kit unsuccessfully.
then i tried to run separately other packages involved with gtkmm like pango and i got this :
//vcpkg install pango
Computing installation plan...
error writing file: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vcpkg\buildtrees\0.vcpkg_dep_info.cmake: The data is invalid.
Someone explained on a topic it could be an vcpkg accessibility problem for others packages. i modified the accessibility of vcpkg for other packages in my systWOW64'file parameters but it went unsuccessful.
I don't know if vcpkg is problem because i did not remove it and re install it.
I am looking for solutions/options, I am short on ideas, i literally need some help.
Thanks
Use JHbuild, its your friend when building GNOME applications from source !
Run jhbuild build gtkmm --nodeps, the built files will be installed in $HOME/jhbuild/build. To compile your application with it, you must export the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH as follows:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/jhbuild/build/lib/pkgconfig"
(in the terminal you are running the g++ command from)
And you have to install g++.
I do not know how you are using bash together with visual studio, but
if you have apt, you can install g++ and gtkmm with the following command :
apt install libgtkmm-3.0-dev libgstreamermm-1.0-dev g++
If you have already downloaded gtk, then the downloaded package must contain a .pc file. The directory this file is in when you installed the downloaded package you must add to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH.
Thanks Frederic for your answer it really help me.
I have got an other question. In my quest to add external packages to my C/C++ project, i read differents topics about how to convert static library (.a) into static library (.lib).
I downloaded packages and i wanted to add them manually using their pathway.
I added my packages as followed:
1 / Add the path of the headers in the compiler directories for the project:
-> Project / Properties menu
-> On the left tree, choose Configuration properties - C / C ++ - General
-> On the right table, the first line "Other Include directories": add the directory (s) of your library containing the headers
2 / Add the path of the .lib in the compiler directories for the project:
-> Project / Properties menu
-> On the left tree, choose Configuration Properties - Link Editor - General
-> On the right table, the line "Directory of additional libraries": add the directory (s) of your library containing the .libs
3 / Specify the libraries with which your project is linked:
-> Project / Properties menu
-> On the left tree, choose Configuration Properties - Link Editor - Enter
-> On the right table, the first line "Additional dependencies": add the .lib library (s) with which your project must be linked
But I looked for .lib files to add to my linker input instead, I found .a files and .dll files and I didn't know what to do. . a files and .lib files are almost identical. It seems like .a files are used under linux while .lib are used under windows.
I tried to add the .a files unsuccesfilly. I wondered if I could convert an .a file into a .lib file.
Thanks
When trying to run this:
int main()
{
return 0;
}
I get the
Launch failed. No binary found.
error. Why? I have the correct path set (C:\cygwin64\bin). Also, I have the Cygwin PE set too. Finally, I installed the devel package. Any help?
Also getting the 3 errors of:
G++, gcc and make not found in PATH
Try to install MinGW instead, it works perfectly with eclipse: just make sure to set the install directory to C:\MinGW (the directory name is case-sensitive).
Then you have to set a compiler for your projects: Go to Window -> Prefrences then
Then create a new project and set the compiler for it:
Before run your program build your project: Project -> Build Project
I'm trying (for a few days now) to build a DLL generated from C++ code with boost/python to be used by python. I am a Student from Germany and had mostly to do with Java until now (I wrote some basic OpenGL and gimp filter stuff before in C++). So pardon me in advance for bad english or C++ beginner mistakes. I mean, programming with Java really is a lot more comfortable in comparison to C++. But enough of the skirmish.
The error:
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: File "boost_python-vc110-mt-gd-1_53.lib" could not be openend
My presets:
-using MS Visual Studio 2012 (11.0)
-using boost_1_53_0
-using python2.7 (I heard 3.3 may cause some Problems)
What I did:
Installed python and added it to PATH. Then created a new empty project in VS and a class file "Test.cpp" with following content as described on the boost tutorial page:
char const* greet()
{
return "hello world";
}
#include <boost/python.hpp>
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(Test)
{
using namespace boost::python
def("greet", greet);
}
Then came the new part for me, in VS Project Properties:
Configuration Properties > General > Configurationtype > Dynamic Library (.dll)
C/C++ > General > Addition Includedirectories > C:[..]\boost_1_53_0
Linker > General > Additional Library Directories > C:[..]boost_1_53_0\stage\lib
From the error I am assuming i did something wrong with Linker or Include. I also changed the Linker > General > Additional Library Directories to boost_1_53_0\libs because i wasn't sure, but the same error occured. And yes, I correctly included python. I am also not sure if i have to put something else beside python into Linker > Input for boost.
Then I build boost with bjam with no options except msvc-11.0 to be sure to have everything i need (though I read that boost/python doesn't need an extra build) and still got the same error. Can someone help me? I would love to have a step by step description of what to do. I am really despairing of this.
Btw.: I had the same error as this guy a few days before Linker error LNK1104 with 'libboost_filesystem-vc100-mt-s-1_49.lib' then stopped working on it and as I started again I got my brand new error (I can't tell you how this happened).
Since it is looking for a static library, add BOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB flag, go to VS properties -> Preprocessor -> Processor definition, add BOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB flag.
You need to create a "user-config.jam" file that indicates where the python headers and libs can be found by Boost.Build. You can create it in your boost_1_53_0/ directory with the following contents:
# Configure specific Python version.
using python : 2.7
: C:/Python27/python.exe
: C:/Python27/include #directory that contains pyconfig.h
: C:/Python27/libs #directory that contains python27.lib
: <toolset>msvc ;
Then from that boost_1_53_0/ directory you need to invoke b2 like this in order to build the missing library:
b2 toolset=msvc-11.0 --with-python variant=debug runtime-debugging=on link=shared --user-config=user-config.jam stage
(although I would recommend b2 toolset=msvc-11.0 --with-python --user-config=user-config.jam --build-type=complete stage so you can get in one step all the configurations that you might need in the future)
Once you have the libraries you need to add the directories to Visual Studio ( both to boost and to python).
Once you have successfully built the module you need to rename it to Test.pyd (exact name you used in BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE. If you have the python and Boost.Python libraries in your PATH or in your current directory you will be able to use the script in the tutorial:
import Test
print Test.greet()
and get the familiar "hello world".
Note that I'm very thankful for your tries but none of your answers helped. A fellow student then gave the hint for the right answer to me and some steps are really easy, others I don't understand, but it works now.
First Problem was: The new boost 1.53.0 does not work with Python27 or older. I then linked it with Python33 and had the build error removed.
But of course the build version didn't work without an error. As I tried to start my helloboost.py which imports from the .pyd built by VisualStudio and invokes the greet method, the following error occured:
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
As i checked the hello_ext.pyd with the dependency walker and wildly copy pasted around, I found out it needs the boost_python-vc110-mt-gd-1_53.dll (probably depending on what you need and built with bjam before) in the same folder. It worked then. Maybe someone can explain why nowhere was explained that I need this dll in the same folder as the pyd (or did I miss something? Is it just because I made a mistake before?)
Anyhow, I'm very glad it works now and hope it helps other people.
You probably will have worked this out by now - however:
When a .exe looks for a .dll to load no path is specified. Therefore a .dll must be in the search path for the file.
Also: I was trying to build 1.49 libs for Visual Studio 2013 - and kept getting the LNK error from my project. I don't know who suggested it on stackoverflow but someone\something gave me the idea to copy build system from a more recent boost which knows how to make .libs for more recent environments. (thank you)
I had to copy the boost build system from a 1.58 after running bootstrap in 1.58, copy b2, bjam and boost-build.jam to the earlier boost folder root to replace the same named files there. Also you will need to copy the later tools\build folder to support the build system.
Noting here in the hope it might help someone else in a similar cituation I found myself in.
See: Search Path Used by Windows to Locate a DLL
I'm new to Ogre and tried to run the first tutorial, but I have faced a problem getting the
error message
OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): 'resources_d.cfg' file not found! in
ConfigFile::load at ../../OgreMain/src/OgreConfigFile.cpp (line 83)
Please help, its critical!
Another question:
Is cmake important for installing the Ogre sdk?
After getting ogre compiled/installed using cmake
on linux those two config files live at
/usr/local/share/OGRE/resources.cfg
/usr/local/share/OGRE/plugins.cfg
just import both into your ogre project
Once ogre is installed, your project does not need cmake
To get you going for the tutorials :
How to setup eclipse with ogre :
File -> New -> C++ Project -> EmptyProject
C/C++ Build -> Environment
OGRE_LOC /home/scott/src/ogre_src_v1-7-3
C/C++ Build -> Settings
GCC C++ Compiler -> Includes
${OGRE_LOC}/OgreMain/include
/usr/local/include/OGRE
${OGRE_LOC}/Samples/Common/include
/usr/include/OIS
GCC C++ Linker -> Libraries (-l)
OgreMain
OgreTerrain
OIS
CEGUIOgreRenderer
right click project -> Properties -> Import
General -> File System ->
ONLY import those 4 files from the tutorial project
(NOT dist, build, makefiles ...)
BaseApplication.cpp
BaseApplication.h
TutorialApplication.cpp
TutorialApplication.h
also import these files :
/usr/local/share/OGRE/resources.cfg
/usr/local/share/OGRE/plugins.cfg
Now you are ready to compile and run !
To add an Ogre model :
First do above steps to create an ogre project, assure it compiles OK. On execution it'll render a black screen - thats fine. Now to add a model (an Ogre) simply edit TutorialApplication.cpp so function createScene appears as :
``
void TutorialApplication::createScene(void)
{
Ogre::Entity* ogreHead = mSceneMgr->createEntity("Head", "ogrehead.mesh");
Ogre::SceneNode* headNode = mSceneMgr->getRootSceneNode()->createChildSceneNode();
headNode->attachObject(ogreHead);
// Set ambient light
mSceneMgr->setAmbientLight(Ogre::ColourValue(0.5, 0.5, 0.5));
// Create a light
Ogre::Light* l = mSceneMgr->createLight("MainLight");
l->setPosition(20,80,50);
}
CMake is critical for building the ogre sdk from source - I would not try to configure the installation yourself. If you are using the prebuilt sdk, cmake is probably unnecessary.
As far as your error goes, it happens to be that you are trying to load resources from the resources.cfg. I am unaware of your operating system, however, be sure that your resources.cfg is in the same directory as your binary. If you are using MSVC and running it through the debugger, make sure your working directory (found in Project Properties -> Debugging -> Working Directory) is set to the directory of your executable.