Trying to include <gst/gst.h>

[jfinkels]

Trying to include the GStreamer header, as described in the GStreamer manual, in a test file as follows:
#include <gst/gst.h>

int
main(int argc,
char *argv[])
{
// initialize GStreamer
gst_init(&argc, &argv);

return 0;
}


Compiling with "gcc test.c" yields the error:
test.c:1:21: error: gst/gst.h: No such file or directory
However, I have installed libgstreamer0.10-dev, which includes the file "/usr/include/gstreamer-0.10/gst/gst.h".

How do I get the C preprocessor to understand where that header file is?

SOLVED:

I wasn't including the directory containing the gst/gst.h header file.

The easiest way to do this is by using "pkg-config gstreamer-0.10 --cflags" and "pkg-config gstreamer-0.10 --libs" to determine the necessary "-I" (header file include path) options and "-L"/"-l" (library file include path) options. For example, if the file above is named "test.c", create a "Makefile" containing the following:
CC=gcc
LIBS=`pkg-config gstreamer-0.10 --libs`
CFLAGS=`pkg-config gstreamer-0.10 --cflags`

all:
$(CC) $(LIBS) $(CFLAGS) test.c

Then, to compile the file, use the commandmake