In a previous example we created a simple console program, in this example we will create a basic GUI program. To do this we need to install GTK.
Lets begin by installing GTK for mono
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sudo apt-get install gtk-sharp2
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Create a folder and a file called gtkexample as follows
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mkdir gtkexample
cd gtkexample
geany gtkexample.cs
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Now enter the following code
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using Gtk;
using System;
class gtkHello {
static void Main()
{
Application.Init ();
Window gtkWin = new Window (“GTK Example”);
gtkWin.Show();
Application.Run();
}
}
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Now open the file manager, navigate to the gtkexample folder. This should look like this
gtk folder structure
Now double click on the gtkexample.exe. You should see something like the following
gtk window