How to make Linux C++ GUI apps

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Kredns picture Kredns · Mar 15, 2009 · Viewed 49.9k times · Source

What is the easiest way to make Linux C++ GUI apps? I'm using GNOME and ubuntu 8.10.

Answer

Allen picture Allen · Mar 15, 2009

The easiest way is to use an GUI GUI builder.

Glade for GTK.

QT Designer for QT.

wxDesigner and wxFormBuilder for wxWidgets.

Update: I should mention that these output C++ among many others?

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