Re: Using GtkAda in Ubuntu

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Joe writes:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm having some trouble getting GtkAda setup on my computer.
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 8.10, gtkAda 2.12 and gnat 4.3.1.
>
> Compiling the simple window example results in this:
>
> simple.adb:1:06: file "gtk.ads" not found
> gnatmake: "simple.adb" compilation error

How did you set up your source files and how did you invoke gnatmake?

> I have installed all the libgtkada's, and gnat-glade installed.
>
> I think it has to do with the gtkada2-config script. I think the paths
> that the script looks for are different than what I have. On my system
> I don't have /usr/lib/gtkada or /usr/include/gtkada. The path for
> gtkada seems to be /usr/lib/ada/adalib/gtkada2 and /usr/share/ada/
> adainclude/gtkada2
>
> I changed the libdir and includedir script variables to the locations
> on my computer and compiling mostly worked until I got this:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgtkada
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> gnatlink: error when calling /usr/bin/gcc-4.3
> gnatmake: *** link failed.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.  Also, is there someway to put the
> many .ali and .o files somewhere else.

Yes, read /usr/share/doc/libgtkada2-dev/README.Debian and
/usr/share/ada/adainclude/gtkada2.gpr.

The problem with gtkada2-config is known as
http://bugs.debian.org/497407

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.