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minty1

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Registered: 2013-11-29

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Hello

Just upgraded to Mint Linux 17 with Xfce. I want to go through the XFC programming tutorials and want to know what I need to have installed in order to compile and execute programs.

Thank you

ToZ

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Re: Hello

If you are referring to building Xfce from source, the Xfce build information can be found here. Its a little tricky identifying all of the dependencies, but let us know where you get stuck and we can help.

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minty1

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Re: Hello

No, not that. It has been a long time since I have done any programming. I like Xfce a lot and wanted to learn how to code for it.  I know I need a compiler, but what else and how the compile process works under Linux. That sort of thing.

ToZ

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Re: Hello

If you're looking to get started, try working through one of the GTK+ tutorials like this one. It will give you a basic idea of how to code using the gtk toolkit, which Xfce is built on.

And here is a thread from the xfce4-dev mailing list that existing Xfce developers comment on how to get started.

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minty1

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Re: Hello

Thanks for the links ToZ!  What I'm looking for is how to set up the environment for compiling programs. Compiler, libraries, compile process etc so that I can work through these tutorials.

I'm getting closer. I have Eclipse, gcc, g++, gdb installed now. Thanks!

Last edited by minty1 (2014-09-27 15:07:21)

ToZ

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Re: Hello

For Mint (and ubuntu-based distros), install build-essential and libgtk2.0-dev. This will allow you to work through the GTK+ tutorial.

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minty1

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Re: Hello

For Mint (and ubuntu-based distros), install build-essential and libgtk2.0-dev. This will allow you to work through the GTK+ tutorial.

Thank very much! That was what I was looking for.