How to compile a dlib example using eclipse in windows?

Question

I downloaded dlib and I want to compile one of the files in the examples directory using eclipse-cdt in windows. Here is what I did for now :

• Download dlib to C:\dlib-18.18
• Create a new project in eclipse
• Create a folder src in this project
• Put a file from examples directory inside src (for example face_dection_ex.cpp)
• Put dlib/all/source.ccp inside src
• Add C:\dlib-18.18\dlib to my include paths (GCC C++ Compiler)
• Add DLIB_JPEG_SUPPORT to my preprocessor (GCC C++ compiler)
• Add the following libraries in MinGW Linker : comctl32, user32, winmm, imm32,gdi32, ws2_32

When I try to build my project, I get the following error :

..\src\source.cpp:7:41: fatal error: ../base64/base64_kernel_1.cpp: No such file or directory #include "../base64/base64_kernel_1.cpp" ^ compilation terminated

Can you pkease tell me what I am missing ?

Answer 1

I finally found out how to achieve this thanks to Davis' suggestions.

Requirements :

• Install cmake : https://cmake.org/
• Install MinGW : http://www.mingw.org/

Steps :

• cd examples
• cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - MinGW Makefiles" -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ .
• This last command will generate the required files for an eclipse project
• Now Open eclipse and new->import->general->import existing projects into workspace , then choose examples directory. This will import the project generated by cmake to your workspace.
• Enjoy your developements with dlib !!

Note :

These steps can also work if you create a new project that uses dlib. All you have to do is copy the CMakeLists file to your directory and adapt it to your project.