Thread: header file trouble when compiling in Kdevelop

So I'm not sure where to start exactly, but here are the main points:
using Kubuntu 12.04

- used 'make' and stuff on a project using the Konsole and it compiled and ran fine (this project used some third party libraries and headers), I believe using gcc 4.6

- tried to include the headers and libs in a Kdevelop project, but when I attempt to build the project, it gives me a long list of errors in one of the headers that look like:

error: unexpected initializer before 'token' .

these errors are contained in an extern "C" block, which I understand tell the compiler to compile the code inside the block with a C compiler opposed to a C++ one, and this block has the correct syntax format for this, as follows:

Code:

#if defined __cpluscplus
extern "C" {

//list of function defs

#if defined __cplusplus
};
#endif

According to what I found on various forums about this, there shouldn't be a semicolon at the last brace there, but it doesn't solve the error.

I'm thinking this could be a compiler issue; unfortunately I won't have access to this computer until tuesday to check (although I'm not really sure how I would go about checking...). However, I'm sure that the C++ compiler Kdevelop uses should be able to handle the extern block, right?

Any thoughts? Thanks, and I'm sorry if I left everything out. Also, I may be way off the mark, so please bear with me there too :P

The compiler is almost surely the same in both the cases.
If it compiled fine from the terminal, then you are doing something wrong when importing the project into Kdevelop.

Describe what exactly you did for that.

Originally Posted by manasij7479

The compiler is almost surely the same in both the cases.
If it compiled fine from the terminal, then you are doing something wrong when importing the project into Kdevelop.

Describe what exactly you did for that.

When developing the project in Kdevelop, I did the following:
- created a new terminal project from scratch,
- included the main header file in one .cpp file
- attempted to 'build' the project, which is when I got the aforementioned error,

and that's about it so far. There are still some library files I need to link properly but I don't think that would make a difference at this stage, right?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by dsab123

When developing the project in Kdevelop, I did the following:
- created a new terminal project from scratch,
- included the main header file in one .cpp file
- attempted to 'build' the project, which is when I got the aforementioned error,

Since you already have the makefile, it is redundant to do it your way.
Just use the importer, from the menu.
"Project -> Open/Import Project"
Then select the Makefile (or supported equivalent), and you're done.

Check if it works, by clicking on build. (If it doesn't, you'll probably need to modify the makefile to add a 'default' or 'all' target.)
Now create a run configuration, pointing to the executable.

Yep, that worked pretty perfectly. Thanks manasij7479!