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Can you program a GUI in C++ that works on both Windows and Linux operating systems?

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I have been learning C++ for a while now, and so far I love it. But I have been stuck at the console application level. I have built C# programs for a few years so I love having a GUI and not do everything via console.

Console programs when compiled will work on both windows and linux, which is great. When I was searching GUI C++ tutorials I could only find tutorials for windows specific GUI applications.

So my question is this, can you program a GUI in C++ that when compiled with run on both windows and linux? If this is not possible, can someone point me to a great place to learn windows and linux GUI?

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Landin Martens Avatar asked Dec 03 '11 02:12

Landin Martens

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3 Answers

I suggest you to use Qt by Nokia:

http://qt.nokia.com/products/

It is free, very powerful, very easy to use, and well designed. And there is also a Visual Studio Add-in available:

http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/QtVSAddin

but you can use their own cross-platform IDE called Qt Creator as well.

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vitakot Avatar answered Oct 25 '22 08:10

vitakot

You can use wxWidget library.

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BizzyDizzy Avatar answered Oct 25 '22 08:10

BizzyDizzy

Yes, you need to use a cross platform GUI toolkit like WxWidgets

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Charles Avatar answered Oct 25 '22 08:10

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