How to run programmers-guide-samples?

cocos2d-x C++
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Hello.

I’m trying to run the programmers-guide-samples to learn how cocos2d-x works.

When I try to run it (using GNU/Linux), I get:
>There isn’t any available platforms.

How can I run the samples for the desktop? Thank you.

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I am the author of this and I haven’t tested these samples on Linux, honestly.

I don’t have time to make this work today. Please create an issue for me so I can get it on my plate.

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Hi @slackmoehrle
I think it’s a general problem because I get the same message when I try to do

cocos run -p android

Do you have any idea? I would not like to create an issue if it’s a simple problem caused by my lack of experience.

Thank you.

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I honestly can’t tell you without looking. Can you post the whole output of what you are doing and by chance I might be able to see something.

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Well, this is what I did:

git clone GitHub - chukong/programmers-guide-samples: Programmers Guide Samples
cd programmers-guide-samples/
cd cpp/
cocos run -p linux

I don’t understand this part though:

make sure to drop in the pre-built libraries into libs/.

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Yup, that is the problem. You need a working cocos2d-x installation. For Linux, we don’t provide pre-built binaries so you would need to use source.

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I’ve seen the issue you created on github, thanks.

How could I get the project to work exactly on GNU/Linux based systems, and, built the project for Android from GNU/Linux based systems? I am quite new to C++ also and I’m a bit lost :S .

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I would go through this

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I’ve already done that, but I cannot discover how to build the project instead of cpp-tests