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Title: How do I use a specific wxWidgets directory
Post by: Flowers on February 18, 2018, 10:16:14 am

I am working on Ubuntu 16.04 and trying to use Code::Blocks and wxWidgets. I have compiled wxWidgets 3.0.3 to /opt and compiled Code::Blocks 17.12 using that version of wxWidgets. Code::Blocks is installed to /usr/local. When I generate a wxWidgets project then compile and run, it terminates with status -6 with no obvious signs of creating a window. Looking at the compile messages, it is obviously using the wxWidgets I have in /usr. How can I tell Code::Blocks I want to use the wxWidgets in /opt? Is this likely to be the problem?
I'm afraid I am fairly new to Ubuntu, so apologies if this is an Ubuntu problem.

Title: Re: How do I use a specific wxWidgets directory
Post by: oBFusCATed on February 18, 2018, 10:35:36 am

Search for `wx-config ...` in the project build options and replace them with the full path to your wx-config version.

Title: Re: How do I use a specific wxWidgets directory
Post by: Flowers on February 18, 2018, 03:20:16 pm

Thank you. That has solved it and I have now compiled and run my first wxWidgets program in Code::Blocks.
Is there any way I can set my directory as the default when creating a new project?

Title: Re: How do I use a specific wxWidgets directory
Post by: stahta01 on February 18, 2018, 03:30:27 pm

I would use update-alternatives instead of editing the project path to wx-config.

http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php/Installing_Code::Blocks_from_source_on_Linux#Checking_the_presence_of_libwxGTK_library

Tim S.