Building the Projects

Follow these instructions if you downloaded a fresh copy of the project, or you changed the wxWidgets version. These instructions show you how to compile the projects so you can start using them.

If the builds refuse to work, even though you followed all the instructions, then install a fresh copy of wxWidgets See this wiki page for how to reset the wxWidgets folder.

macOS

1. Open wxTemplate.xcodeproj in Xcode and press Build (cmd + b). If the build is unsuccessful, open the wxcocoa.xcproj in wxWidgets/build/osx/, build that, and then build the template project.

Windows

1. Open wxWidgets\build\msw\ and find the SLN that most closely matches your Visual Studio version. For example, open wx_vc15.sln if you are using Visual Studio 2015 or later.
2. Select the configuration (example: Debug x86), and press Build -> Build Solution (ctrl + shift + B). Repeat this for each configuration you want to use. I recommend compiling Debug and Release for x64 at the very least.
   • Alternatively, to build all the possible configurations, go to Build → Batch Build, Select All, and press Build,
3. In the template root folder, open wxTemplateWin.sln in the template root, select your configuration, and build.

Linux

1. Ensure you have the required libraries. If you do not have them, the setup will fail (but it will tell you which one you are missing)
2. Open a shell window in the template folder root.
3. Run ./setup-linux.sh. You will be prompted for your administrator password at least once.
4. Run ./compile-linux.sh (add -r flag to run the program automatically if the compile succeeds)
   • The executable will be located in wxWidgets/build/linux/app.
5. (optional) set up your IDE's compile and run commands. Geany is a nice lightweight linux IDE.

Additional Linux setup guide: https://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Compiling_and_getting_started

Additional help

See the official wxWidgets installation help page here: https://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Install