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Graphical interface issue on Ubuntu Xenial
oBFusCATed:
It is relatively easy.
Download the package, make dir somewhere, execute configure (make sure to use some non-default prefix (--prefix=xxx)), make -jX, make install, then you should do the same with codeblocks. The configure step requires you to specify the path to the new wx-config and then make && make install. Same note as for wx's build - make sure to specify non default prefix to make it easy to remove everything later.
shiprat:
If its 'relatively' easy, why not provide a 'relatively' useful guide?
The problem of blank Code::Blocks dialogs on Ubuntu seems to be a perennial, not occasional issue. Obviously installing a precompiled Code::Blocks binary is problematic.
Why not acknowledge this, rather than making time wasting suggestions like disabling plugins?
If Code::Blocks does only work properly when built from source and linked to a known release of wxWidgets, how about explaining how to do this in detail in the distribution notes.
Ubuntu provides plenty of opportunities to make this harder rather than easier than it should be. It seems painfully ironic that using Code::Blocks is typically effortless on Windows and buggy on Linux!
Sorry to make such a grumpy first post.
stahta01:
Try reading the Wiki.
Edit: Link added http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php/Installing_Code::Blocks_from_source_on_Linux
Tim S.
oBFusCATed:
Fixed in rev 11146 (I've also backported this to the release 16.xx branch).
olivierG:
Hi,
I'm not sure that my problems are actually related to this topic, but I can't use Code::Blocks on Ubuntu anymore, because of graphical update issues.
I'm running Code::Blocks on Ubuntu 17.04 - 64 bits, and after a few seconds, the file tabs stop to update, then the projects tab, and sometimes the alert boxes for saving files (which locks up C::B). The "Compiler flags" panel in project build options is also blank.
Could somebody tell me whether there is a simple way to make it work again? I tried to recompile Code::Blocks, but it seems the procedure is far above my Ubuntu-related skills :-[
Really, it'd be a life saver. I had to postpone all my projects on Ubuntu because of this issue, and I'm really in a bad situation now.
Note: because CB 16.01 didn't work, I tried to install a more recent version from Damien Moore's ppa. I now run version "svn 0" built May 9, 2017, but still getting the same results.
Thanks in advance for any help, tip or advice
Olivier G.
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