wxWidgets jpeg library build issue

Question

I'm trying to build wxWidgets library into a custom path on a Fedora 27 operative system.

I achieved the wx-config file path recognition and works with the cmake execution. Also, I load libraries and include dirs based on modified wxWidgets finder cmake file that sets the wx-config custom path successfully.

But cmake does not load my wxWidgets configuration. I mean, wx_gtk2u_jpeg-3.1 builded lib could not be founded (suposed to be /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_jpeg-3.1.so ). I need jpeg dependency from wxWidgets for my project.

I'm sure that problem is not about cmake files. However, the problem is wxWidgets compilation because cmake can found the other builded dependencies into /usr/lib/

I actually installed the libjpeg-turbo-devel package that includes the libjpeg.h needed for wxWidgets building without success of libwx_gtk2u_jpeg-3.1.so creation.

The weirdest part is that $ wx-config --libs shows the wx_gtk2u_jpeg-3.1 lib to be linked and the hint paths that it should be founded.

wxWidgets commands for building:

$ ./configure --with-libjpeg=builtin --with-libpng=builtin --with-libtiff=builtin --with-zlib=builtin --with-expat=builtin --enable-webviewwebkit=no --prefix=/opt/cpp_dependencies/2018Q1/usr'
$ make -j 4
$ make install

You can check out my cmake files, the cmake output and wxWidgets building output in order to reproducing it: https://gist.github.com/jjalvarezl/b70accae269ef56c56010bedf157c27f

You can see line 1543 of wxWidgets building output file that jpeg library is buildin , and, 1564 of same file, the make install command that installs all libwx_<lib_name>.so libraries into final /usr/lib path. Anyway, no one contains the needed library.

Answer 1

Please show the exact error message, as it's not clear what the actual problem is. What I can say, is that the different built-in versions of 3rd party libraries, such as libjpeg, are always static libraries, even when wxWidgets themselves are shared. Ie you're never going to have libwx_gtk2u_jpeg-3.1.so , only .a .

I'd also strongly recommend using system versions of the 3rd party libraries under Unix systems. This means that your wxWidgets applications will get security updates from your OS vendor and you don't risk running into any incompatibilities due to using 2 different versions of the same library in your application.