IPlug2 with Mingw / Code::Blocks?

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First of all this is a great library that I just started to explore. I am trying to compile the example IPlugInstrument under Code::Blocks IDE using the Mingwx64 bit compiler (WIN10).
After including all necessary search paths I got the following error:
#error Either NO_IGRAPHICS or one and only one choice of graphics library must be defined!
So my two questions are:

  1. Which graphics library should I use by default?
    In any case, even if I define NO_IGRAPHICS, the compiler asks for nanosvg.h or for cairo.h which are not found in IPlug2 library…
  2. Anyone uses C::B for IPlug2 ? Is Mingw ok to compile it ?
    Thanks.
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Codeblocks/MinGW is not supported i’m afraid. At least we make no effort to test it there and I think there will be a lot of things that would need to be modified. I would strongly advise to use VS2019 community.

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Thanks, Oli, understood. I see there are a lot of further inconsistencies coming in Mingw. I will stick to VC2019. Will also try CLeon as IDE - I saw on this forum someone uses it.

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I have managed to build IPlug2 projects with Code::Blocks using MS BuildTools 2019 - it works well ! (And I’m ok with X-Code for Mac)

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Hello,
Will there ever be support for gcc in future? :sweat_smile:
because I am interested in trying out dsp through iPlug but don’t really use visual studio because of the enormous size.

regards,
Cockosdail

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No sorry. It’s an open source project though. Someone else is free to make it work if they have the time