Unable to build Allegro program with Sublime Text 2

Question

Trying to compile and run a simple Allegro program using Sublime Text 2 and SublimeClang. If I run g++ '/path/to/project/main.cpp' -o '/path/to/project/main' -I/usr/include/allegro5 -L/usr/lib -lallegro on the command line, it compiles fine.

Contents of C++.sublime-build

{
    "cmd": ["g++", "${file}", "-o", "${file_path}/${file_base_name}"],
    "file_regex": "^(..[^:]*):([0-9]+):?([0-9]+)?:? (.*)$",
    "working_dir": "${file_path}",
    "selector": "source.c, source.c++",

    "variants":
    [
        {
            "name": "Run",
            "cmd": ["bash", "-c", "g++ '${file}' -o '${file_path}/${file_base_name}' $(pkg-config --libs allegro-5.0)"]
        }
    ]
}

The run fails and the output of Sublime Console is:

Running bash -c g++ '/path/to/project/main.cpp' -o '/path/to/project/main' && '/path/to/project/main' -I/usr/include/allegro5 -L/usr/lib -lallegro

It seems that Sublime is adding && '/path/to/project/main', even though the build settings don't specify to do that. What is causing Sublime to add this && '/path/to/project/main'? And how do I remove it?

In the bigger picture - this means Allegro will be linked in all C++ projects even if the libraries aren't being used. Is there a way to add the Allegro flags globally on my system? Sorry, not usually a C++ dev.

Answer 1

I solved my own issue. I used backticks instead of the $() notation:

"cmd": ["bash", "-c", "g++ '${file}' -o '${file_path}/${file_base_name}' `pkg-config --libs allegro-5.0` && ./${file_base_name}"]

Notice I also added && ./${file_base_name} - which runs the program too.