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How to compile the C++ homeworks under Linux

by Dominique Unruh

From 2024 these instructions are outdated. See here.

The following instructions explain how to compile the homework templates on Linux (tested on Mint 17.2 and Ubuntu 14.04.3).

Allegro-based homeworks

• Run sudo apt-get install liballegro5-dev
• Run sudo apt-get install codeblocks
• Open the homework in CodeBlocks (e.g., codeblocks HelloAllegro.cbp)
• Open the build settings (Project → Build options...)
• Find the Linker settings where "liballegro-5.0.10-monolith-md.a" is added.
• Either by selecting "Linker Settings", or by first selecting "Release" on the left and then "Linker Settings", depending on the homework file
• Remove the library "liballegro-5.0.10-monolith-md.a".
• Add the following libraries: (without the suffix ".a"):
  • liballegro
  • liballegro_primitives
  • liballegro_font
  • liballegro_main
  • liballegro_memfile
  • liballegro_color
• Clean the project (Build → Clean)
• Build the project (Build → Build)
• Run the project (Build → Run). A window with black background appears.
  • On one of my laptops, this did not work. In that case, start the program from the command line, e.g. bin/HelloAllegro (in the HelloAllegro project folder)

GLFW-based homeworks

• Run sudo apt-get install libglfw3
  • If your distribution does not have libglfw3 (e.g., Mint 17.2 and Ubuntu 14.04 have only libglfw2):
  • Add a new reposity: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:keithw/glfw3 (I give no security guarantees for untrusted repositories!)
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install libglfw3
• Run sudo apt-get install codeblocks
• Open the homework in CodeBlocks (e.g., codeblocks HelloGLFW.cbp)
• Open the build settings (Project → Build options...)
• Find the Linker settings where "glfw3" and "opengl32" and "gdi32" are added.
  • Either by selecting "Linker Settings", or by first selecting "Release" on the left and then "Linker Settings", depending on the homework file
• Remove the libraries "glfw3", "opengl32" and "gdi32" (i.e., all of them)
• Add the following library ": (without the suffix ".a"):
  • GL
  • glfw (not glfw3, at least not if you have used the ppa:keithw/glfw3 repository)
• Clean the project (Build → Clean)
• Build the project (Build → Build)
• Run the project (Build → Run). A window with black background appears.
  • On one of my laptops, this did not work. In that case, start the program from the command line, e.g. bin/HelloAllegro (in the HelloAllegro project folder)