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Linux Qt QSystemTrayIcon in console application

I have a working qt application. It is not a MainWindow application and has no GUI elements at all so far. It runs on startup of the linux box (as a background service). However, it has to wait for ~40-60 seconds until it can start while the IP/DHCP sorts its self out. So I wanted to give the user some

/usr/bin/ld cannot find -l

I have written a few programs and while trying to compile them using g++,as thus, I keep getting the following error: fwlib32.h is the library I am trying to include. The shared object file libfwlib32.so is present in /usr/local/lib as well as /usr/lib. But I am unable link to it. I have tried all the solutio…

Speeding up gcc compile of a single file

Running RedHat7 w/g++ version 4.8.3 w/j5 arg and o3 optimization. We currently have a file that is approx 90,000 lines long (a whole bunch of wrapper functions). The compile of this file currently takes between 30 and 40 mins. What is the best strategy to speed this build time? Would build time increase if it…

MinGW DLL project compatability with linux

I’ve recently created a DLL project using the MinGW (4.8.1) compiler through the CodeBlocks IDE, and in the debugging output folder I have: my “.dll” (“AttribRdr.dll” in this case) file with an Export Definition File and finally a “.a” file (“libAttribRdr.a&#822…