Thread: How to compile and link koolplot?

Hello everybody,

I am a a newbie in c++ and need to use the koolplot library, but I am not sure how to compile and link a basic program.

I am using the a unix terminal (command line) and the g++ compiler.
In the past I have linked to (for example) the fftw library with this command

g++ -Wall myprogram.cpp /usr/lib/libfftw3.a -o myprogram

So I figure I would only need to change the "/usr/lib/..." part with the location of the koolplot.a file. But that does not work.

Additionally, I have only tried that with the already built version given in the website (codecutter.org/tools/koolplot/). I see that there is also source code for those who plan to rebuild koolplot. But I am not sure what that means. (And I am guessing I may have to do that)

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me

To quote the koolplot website (though pardon me if this doesn't work):

Command line compilation:

Compile with:
gcc.exe -x c++ -mwindows -o aplot.o aplot.c

Link with:
gcc.exe -mwindows -o aplot.exe aplot.o -lkoolplot
-lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -luuid -loleaut32 -lole32 -lstdc++ -lsupc++

and in the above example I mean that you compile your code (in the example aplot.c) into an object (example's aplot.o), and then link and output it into an exe (aplot.exe in example) with the linker switches

Thank you for your reply inequity.
I did see the code you posted on the koolplots website, however, I believe that requires I use gcc.exe which I do not have on my ubuntu os. I was hoping to find a solution using the g++ compiler. Do you have any idea how to compile let's say the aplot.cpp code with g++?

Thanks again