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POWhy can't I build a "hello world" for glib?
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    copied!<p>So here's the world's simplest glib program:</p> <pre><code>#include &lt;glib.h&gt; </code></pre> <p>I try to compile it with <code>gcc test.c</code> and I get:</p> <pre><code>test.c:1:18: error: glib.h: No such file or directory </code></pre> <p>So I make sure that I have the right packages:</p> <pre><code># dpkg -l | grep libglib ii libglib-perl 1:1.183-1 Perl interface to the GLib and GObject libra ii libglib1.2-dev 1.2.10-19build1 The GLib library of C routines (development) ii libglib1.2ldbl 1.2.10-19build1 The GLib library of C routines ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 The GLib library of C routines ii libglib2.0-cil 2.12.1-1ubuntu2 CLI binding for the GLib utility library 2.1 ii libglib2.0-data 2.18.2-0ubuntu2 Common files for GLib library ii libglib2.0-dev 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Development files for the GLib library ii libglibmm-2.4-1c2a 2.18.1-1 C++ wrapper for the GLib toolkit (shared lib </code></pre> <p>Then I search for any "glib.h" anywhere under /usr/include. I get two, /usr/include/glib-1.2/glib.h and /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib.h. So I try:</p> <pre><code>$ gcc -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -Wall test.c In file included from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/galloca.h:34, from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib.h:32, from test.c:2: /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gtypes.h:34:24: error: glibconfig.h: No such file or directory </code></pre> <p>(about 10,000 more errors snipped)</p> <p>I don't seem to have a <code>glibconfig.h</code> anywhere on my computer.</p> <p>What do I do now?</p>
 

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