How can I add an external C library in Visual Studio Code?
I read How can I include a needed C library using GCC? and tried:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"type": "shell",
"label": "build",
"command": "C:\\MinGW\\bin\\gcc.exe",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"-L \\C:\\MinGW\\lib",
"-l libws2_32.a"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "C:\\MinGW\\bin"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
]
}
]
But I got
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -l libws2_32.a
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
And I installed GCC in folder C:\MinGW.
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vscode version: 1.73.1
OS: windows 11
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "cbuild",
"command": "gcc",
"args": [
"-fdiagnostics-color=always",
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "c debug",
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
this is my task file.
it did not work in vscode terminal.
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In the powershell, it work correctly.
I've tried in powershell, it worked.But, it failed in vscode terminal.I don't know what should i do.By the way,the messy code maybe is chinese.
I have been trying to customize the argument command for compiling the c file in vs code but I could not figure it out.
I would like to get warnings with -Wall and use the C99 standard with -std=c99 and I wanted to customize my argument like:
gcc -Wall -std=c99 hello.c -o hello
I guess I should add the argument in the tasks.json file but it is really confusing.
This is my tasks.json file.
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "C/C++: gcc.exe build active file",
"command": "C:\\MinGW\\bin\\gcc.exe",
"args": [
"-fdiagnostics-color=always",
"-Wall",
"std=c99",
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
I am trying to debug a C program in VS Code. When I run my program from the command line it works because I can add pthread to the args by typing: gcc -pthread -o Draft1 Draft1.c. However, when I try to run it in vs code it doesn't work because the tasks doesn't add "-pthread" to it. I try to add it to the args in the tasks.json file but it doesn't seem to do anything. What am I missing? Here is my tasks.json file:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "C/C++: arm-none-eabi-gcc build active file",
"command": "/usr/bin/arm-none-eabi-gcc",
"args": [
"-fdiagnostics-color=always",
"-g",
"${file}",
"-pthread",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "compiler: /usr/bin/arm-none-eabi-gcc"
}
]
}
How do I include commands for gcc in VS Code? The project compiles without any error if i type the following command in the terminal gcc main.c pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk + -3.0 -export-dynamic. But I have no idea how to configure this in VS Code.
I tried to include everything in c_cpp_properties.json without any luck.
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "linux-gcc-x64",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**",
"/usr/include/gtk-3.0",
"/usr/include/glib-2.0"
],
"compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
"cStandard": "${default}",
"cppStandard": "${default}",
"intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64",
"compilerArgs": [
"-Wall",
"-Wextra",
"-Wpedantic",
"pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0`",
"-export-dynamic"
],
"defines": [
""
]
}
],
"version": 4
}
Problem solved!
tasks.json
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "C/C++: gcc build active file",
"command": "/usr/bin/gcc",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
"`pkg-config",
"--cflags",
"--libs",
"gtk+-3.0`",
"-export-dynamic"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
Any tips on how to get rid of the following error message?
#include errors detected. Please update your includePath. Squiggles are disabled for this translation unit (/home/malte/Projects/GtkButton/main/src/main.c).
I am using visual studio code!
Error
Executing task: C/C++: gcc.exe build active file <
Starting build...
Build finished with error:
d:/win builds/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.8.3/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:c:\Users\p_mit\Desktop\helloworld\.vscode\tasks.json: file format not recognized; treating as linker script
d:/win builds/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.8.3/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:c:\Users\p_mit\Desktop\helloworld\.vscode\tasks.json:1: syntax error
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
The terminal process terminated with exit code: -1.
tasks.json
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "C/C++: gcc.exe build active file",
"command": "D:\\Win Builds\\bin\\gcc.exe",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "D:\\Win Builds\\bin"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "compiler: \"D:\\Win Builds\\bin\\gcc.exe\""
}
]
}