how to run C++ for linux in windows

[huda2]

Hi,

I have a cpp file which runs in linux but I want to run it in visual c++ in windows.

I searched in google and I found some instructions to make changes in project properties but I still have errors!


Can any one tell me what are the general steps that I need to do??

Thank you,,,
Huda

[pradeep thomas]

hi,

You may need to fix the errors one by one. API's, header files in linux and windows maybe different. Search for corresponding windows api and fix it.

[Athar]

If you don't want to do a full port to the WinAPI, you could take a look at Cygwin.

[ggicollegepunjab]

Thanks pradeep thomas for sharing. I done it but still errors there. Now, what i do?

[huda2]

Thank you pradeep thomas and Athar,

Actually, I haven't used linux before and my experience is not very good in visual c++

The errors I'm getting now are all in linking :

"error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol ..."

so I thought I need just to make changes in project configurations??



Well, Athar I want to fully port to the WinAPI bcz this cpp file is not my file it is open source and I want to make changes on it.


I will give the file link and you can find some explanation there:

http://sifaka.cs.uiuc.edu/~ylv2/pub/plm/plm.htm

as you can see it requires lemur toolkit which I've already installed (for windows) but still can't run PLMRetEval.cpp.

I hope you can tell me what should I do???

Thank you for your time...

[Athar]

Well, on first glance the code doesn't seem to contain anything Linux-specific.
You just need the mentioned library. There are instructions on how to build it with VS:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/lemur/wiki/Compiling%20on%20Windows%20with%20Visual%20Studio

[huda2]

Yes Athar I saw the instructions and I tried to run lemur but I couldn't!

in fact I'm not sure if I'm following instructions in the right way, I'm not good in that I used only to build small projects before.

If you can try that and tell me if it works I would highly appreciate that...


Thank you Athar,,,

[huda2]

any help please??

It maybe easy but I'm not good in c++ and I want to learn how to do it...

Thank you