Help compiling GTK+ on Windows using MinGW - c++

Question

I am on with trying to compile a simple GTK+ Hello World app on windows. I am following a tutorial from this url:
http://pandhare0.tripod.com/#mini-Tutorial
The contents of my HelloWorld.c is as follows and also taken from a wikipedia example:
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
GtkWidget *window;
GtkWidget *label;
gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
/* create the main, top level, window */
window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
/* give it the title */
gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Hello World");
/* Connect the destroy signal of the window to gtk_main_quit
* When the window is about to be destroyed we get a notification and
* stop the main GTK+ loop
*/
g_signal_connect (window, "destroy", G_CALLBACK (gtk_main_quit), NULL);
/* Create the "Hello, World" label */
label = gtk_label_new ("Hello, World");
/* and insert it into the main window */
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), label);
/* make sure that everything, window and label, are visible */
gtk_widget_show_all (window);
/* start the main loop, and let it rest there until the application is closed */
gtk_main ();
return 0;
}
I have followed the instructions to generate the build bat file and the contents of which are below:
path C:\MinGW\bin;C:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\%path%
gcc -Wall -g %1 -o %2 -mno-cygwin -mms-bitfields -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\gtk-2.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\gtk-2.0\include -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\atk-1.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\cairo -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\pango-1.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\glib-2.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\glib-2.0\include -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\pixman-1 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\freetype2 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\libpng14 -LC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib -lgtk-win32-2.0 -lgdk-win32-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangowin32-1.0 -lgdi32 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl
%2
I have the MinGW inside my environment path. When I run the following command inside my command prompt:
gtkcmd.bat HelloWorld.c HelloWorld.exe
I get the following output:
C:\gtk+_compilation>gtkcmd.bat HelloWorld.c HelloWorld.exe
C:\gtk+_compilation>path C:\MinGW\bin;C:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\C:\MinGW\bin;C:C:\gt
k_2_22_x64\lib\C:\MinGW\bin;C:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\C:\MinGW\bin;C:C:\gtk_2_22_x64
\lib\C:\MinGW\bin;C:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\C:\MinGW\bin;C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\C:\MinG
W\bin;C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows
Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Windo
ws\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPower
Shell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Wireless WLAN Card;c:\Program Files (x86)
\Common Files\Roxio Shared\10.0\DLLShared\;c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\R
oxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;c:\Program Files (x86)\M
icrosoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:
\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP
.NET Web Pages\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\GtkSharp\2.12\bin;C:\MinGW\bin;C:\gt
k_2_22_x64\bin;C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib
C:\gtk+_compilation>gcc -Wall -g HelloWorld.c -o HelloWorld.exe -mno-cygwin -mms
-bitfields -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\gtk-2.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\gtk-2.0\i
nclude -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\atk-1.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\cairo -IC
:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\pango-1.0 -I
C:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\glib-2.0 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\glib-2.0\include -IC:
C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\pixman-1 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64
\include\freetype2 -IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\libpng14 -LC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib
-lgtk-win32-2.0 -lgdk-win32-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangowin32-1.0 -lgdi32 -lp
angocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -
lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl
HelloWorld.c:1:22: fatal error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
C:\gtk+_compilation>HelloWorld.exe
'HelloWorld.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\gtk+_compilation>
Previously I had tried, strictly what the tutorial said, and used the / in the path statements as opposed to the full paths I now use. When I did use the / though it could not link anything. Every GTK statement returned an undefined error. So I have stayed with using the Full path in the header and linkers statements in the command line. As you can see from the above, it cannot find the gtk/gth.h header. This confuses me as I can clearly see the paths for such inside the command line arguments.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Andrew
UPDATE:
Ok - I did screw up the bat file - daft mistakes but after correcting these inline with an answer below I now have the following bat file:
path \MinGW\bin;C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\%path%
gcc -Wall -g %1 -o %2 -mno-cygwin -mms-bitfields -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\gtk-2.0 -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\gtk-2.0\include -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\atk-1.0 -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\cairo -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\pango-1.0 -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\glib-2.0 -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\glib-2.0\include -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\pixman-1 -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\freetype2 -IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\libpng14 -LC:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib -lgtk-win32-2.0 -lgdk-win32-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangowin32-1.0 -lgdi32 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl
%2
After this I now get the following errors from the compilation:
C:\Users\REA_AN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\cclrbtyP.o: In function `main':
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:8: undefined reference to `gtk_init_abi_check'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:11: undefined reference to `gtk_window_new'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:14: undefined reference to `gtk_window_get_type
'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:14: undefined reference to `g_type_check_instan
ce_cast'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:14: undefined reference to `gtk_window_set_titl
e'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:20: undefined reference to `gtk_main_quit'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:20: undefined reference to `g_signal_connect_da
ta'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:23: undefined reference to `gtk_label_new'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:26: undefined reference to `gtk_container_get_t
ype'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:26: undefined reference to `g_type_check_instan
ce_cast'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:26: undefined reference to `gtk_container_add'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:29: undefined reference to `gtk_widget_show_all
'
C:\gtk+_compilation/HelloWorld.c:32: undefined reference to `gtk_main'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Answer 1

It seems you folowed the instructions to create the .bat file incorrectly somehow - this:
-IC:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\gtk-2.0
should be:
-IC:\gtk_2_22_x64\include\gtk-2.0
and similar elsewhere. It looks like your path has got set up incorrectly - this:
path C:\MinGW\bin;C:C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\%path%
should be:
path C:\MinGW\bin;C:\gtk_2_22_x64\lib\%path%
or something like it (note C:C: should be C:).
Edit: And now your problem is that the linker cannot find the libraries. The batch file should contain stuff like:
-L/path/to/gtk/libraries
but I don't know how you specify that when you create the file.