why GTK compilation didn't work?

Question

I am trying to compile my GTK program which is written in C language under Linux but the terminal still showing me this character ">" and the pointer still blinking ,I am successfully compiled before with this command

gcc -o bt  transfer_file_program_GUI.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0` 

and also i removed the libgtk-3-dev and installed again and still same problem

Answer 1

There is probably an unmatched quote in your input. I suspect that one of your back quotes is a single quote.

Instead of back quotes you can use the $() syntax (which is easier to type correctly):

gcc -o bt  transfer_file_program_GUI.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0)

If that doesn't help you should check for unmatched quotes in the output of

echo $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0)