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Contents1 Code::Blocks Wiki2 Code::Blocks Setup Guide in Windows

2.1 Preparing Code::Blocks3 Building wxWidgets from the command line

3.1 Downloading the last stable wxWidgets library3.2 Building your own wxWidgets library3.3 Copying libraries

Code::Blocks WikiCode::Blocks' wiki has a good guide on setting up wxWidgets on Code::Blocks:http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=WxWindowsQuickRef

Code::Blocks Setup Guide in WindowsThis page describes the steps I took in order to get Code::Blocks working with a homemade wxWidgets. Iused the Code::Blocks+MINGW 1.0 bundle and wxWidgets 2.6.

NOTE: This guide is for compiling with MINGW, not Cygwin nor MSYS.

Preparing Code::Blocks

Download Code::Blocks with the MINGW bundle from http://www.codeblocks.orgInstall Code::Blocks

Building wxWidgets from the command line

Downloading the last stable wxWidgets library

The last stable wxWidgets distribution can be found at the wxWidgets website(https://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/). You can choose between an installer and a zip file. You can just getthe zip file because the installer is also a zipped version.

If you use the plain zip version, make sure to unzip using full paths. Otherwise the directories won't be createdcorrectly.

NOTE: In the rest of these instructions I'll be calling the wxWidgets directory %WXWIN% you have tochange it to your own directory. (e.g. "c:\wxWidgets-x.x")

https://wiki.wxwidgets.org/CodeBlocks_Setup_Guide#Code::Blocks_Wikihttps://wiki.wxwidgets.org/CodeBlocks_Setup_Guide#Code::Blocks_Setup_Guide_in_Windowshttps://wiki.wxwidgets.org/CodeBlocks_Setup_Guide#Preparing_Code::Blockshttps://wiki.wxwidgets.org/CodeBlocks_Setup_Guide#Building_wxWidgets_from_the_command_linehttps://wiki.wxwidgets.org/CodeBlocks_Setup_Guide#Downloading_the_last_stable_wxWidgets_libraryhttps://wiki.wxwidgets.org/CodeBlocks_Setup_Guide#Building_your_own_wxWidgets_libraryhttps://wiki.wxwidgets.org/CodeBlocks_Setup_Guide#Copying_librarieshttp://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=WxWindowsQuickRefhttp://www.codeblocks.org/https://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/



Building your own wxWidgets library

Before anything, add the bin directory of MinGW under the CodeBlocks installation directory tothe %PATH% variable. Now it is time to compile wxWidgets, open the command promt and change to thewxWidgets directory:

cd %WXWIN%\build\msw

Now we are on the right place we are first going to clean up the source:

mingw32-make.exe -f makefile.gcc clean

NOTE: if you still have problems with compiling after cleaning, you may want to remove the directory in thebuild\msw directory. (it contains object files...) When everything is clean we can compile wxWidgets:

First we have to configure the build. If your makefile.gcc (in my version on line 7) includes config.gcc, yourcommand line parameters will be overriden by the config-file. Thus edit the compiler settings in config.gcc toreflect your choice. The following are recommended: USE_XRC=1 SHARED=1 MONOLITHIC=1BUILD=release UNICODE=0

Otherwise, you can build wxWidgets from the commandline as follows:

mingw32-make.exe -f makefile.gcc USE_XRC=1 SHARED=1 MONOLITHIC=1 BUILD=release UNICODE=0

Now you can get a cup of coffee, or do something else, because this could take a long time.

NOTE: If you mess up and want to clean, you have to pass the same parameters to make clean.

Example for clean commandline:

mingw32-make.exe -f makefile.gcc clean USE_XRC=1 SHARED=1 MONOLITHIC=1 BUILD=release UNICODE=0

So now everything is compiled for using codeblocks.

Copying libraries

When compilation is finished it is useful to copy the libs to another directory. By doing this you can makeseveral builds (e.g. debug and release).

So first we create a directory this could be done in %WXWIN%\lib.Then we go to the directory %WXWIN%\lib\gcc_dll (could called diffrent when you changed the buildoptions)Rename the directory %WXWIN%\lib\gcc_dll to the directory of your choice. (For me itis %WXWIN%\lib\gcc_dllNonUnicode)

NOTE: Make sure everything is removed from the directory %WXWIN%\lib\gcc_dll else you can get troublewhen compiling another version.



Congratulations! You just finished with the setup of wxWidgets library and you can start developing inwxWidgets. If any problem occurs, just ask at the Code::Blocks forum (http://forums.codeblocks.org/).

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