Re: Help with g++ (Newbie)

[Purnendu <purnendu@gmail.com>]

Hello,

w.r.t
>2) The errors I am getting are that it is not able to find the standard
>include files like "math.h", <vector> etc.
U need to compile with -lm option, i mean u need to link with the math library.

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purnendu

On 12/5/06, abhivg <abhi.vg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am a total newbie to g++. I have a c++ project developed using the vc++
> IDE which I need to build using g++. I am using Arm Toolchain on win xp for
> this. The c++ project was to develop a static library. So I think i need to
> generate an archive file using the 'ar' tool.
>
> I have done the following:
> 1) I have seperated all the header and source files from the vc project
> 2) I was able to compile all the cpp files using g++. There were no errors.
> 3) I generated the archive file using the 'ar' tool. The archive file also
> got generated.
> 4) I wrote a main.cpp file in which I will use the archive file
>
> Problems I am having:
> 1) I tried to build the main.cpp file but it gave errors in the header file
> included in main.cpp. This header file contains the functions that I have
> exposed to access the methods in the archive file. So I tried to compile(??)
> the some other header file and it gave me errors too.
> 2) The errors I am getting are that it is not able to find the standard
> include files like "math.h", <vector> etc.
>
> My doubts are:
> 1) The header file that I have exposed is included in the archive file
> generated. So how did the archive get compiled without any errors?
> 2) Why is gcc not able to access the standard include files when compiling
> header seperately but is able to access it when compiling cpp files?
> 2) What does it mean when I do the following: "g++ somefile.h".   Am I
> compiling a header file???
> 3) Also how do I generate an exe instead of an .out file?
>
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