[noob] Problems compiling Hello World example

[Kasper Kuijpers]

I am pretty new to all this, so I just went ahead installing pocketsphinx and
tried compiling the the Hello World
example to see
if it works.

I basically copy pasted the code from the end of the page, and added the

#define MODELDIR "c:/sphinx/model"

part since I am on Windows.

After trying to compile I get a bunch of errors.

$ gcc -o hello_ps hello_ps.c
hello_ps.c:1:2: invalid preprocessing directive #!
hello_ps.c:4:26: pocketsphinx.h: No such file or directory
hello_ps.c: In function `main':
hello_ps.c:9: error: `ps_decoder_t' undeclared (first use in this function) 
...... (loads more here)

I feel like I need to add some arguments to the command, but if i try to
recreate the example it won't let me finish because of all the " and ' s.

Could someone demonstrate how to write a compiler command that could work for
me?

Pocketsphinx and sphinxbase are located the following
c:/pocketsphinx, /cygdrive/c/pocketsphinx
c:/sphinxbase, /cygdrive/c/sphinxbase

Thanks!

[Nickolay V. Shmyrev]

I suggest you to read an introduction to GCC development

http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/gccintro/

where you can find a lot of information about using GCC compiler. In
particular here you need to learn how to use -L and -I compiler options to
point to the folder where libraries and headers are located.