Tutorial:Getting started: Compiling MSL with external libraries - Revision history

Jedonald at 19:42, 26 November 2013

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Senes at 22:15, 25 September 2013

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Senes at 22:14, 25 September 2013

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Senes: /* How to enable inclusion of the external libraries */

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‎How to enable inclusion of the external libraries

Senes at 21:58, 25 September 2013

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Jedonald at 21:04, 6 August 2013

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Senes at 20:31, 24 March 2013

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Jedonald: /* How to enable inclusion of the external libraries */

2012-07-04T15:35:12Z

‎How to enable inclusion of the external libraries

Jedonald: /* To compile GSL */

2012-07-04T15:29:55Z

‎To compile GSL

Jedonald: /* To Compile BOOST */

2012-07-04T15:18:17Z

‎To Compile BOOST

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 === What external libraries are really needed? ===
-Only '''GLS''' is currently recommend and turned on by default in the Makefile
+Only '''GSL''' is currently recommended and turned on by default in the Makefile
 The other external libraries are needed only to support particular object or applications.

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 ==== To Compile R ====
-===== MAC OS =====
+===== Compiling R on MAC OS =====
 Install R and copy headers into MSL_EXTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR
    cp -r /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include/ $MSL_EXTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR
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   http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html#Quick-start
-===== LINUX OS =====
+===== Compiling R on LINUX OS =====
 <font color="red">Success using shared libraries and compiling MSL as shared lib, but static lib has not been done yet.  I will link my Makefile for shared-R compile once its cleaned up a bit</font>
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 Copy headers into MSL_EXTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR
    cp -r /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include/ $MSL_EXTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR

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 * '''GLPK''' (GNU linear programming kit) [[http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/]]
 * '''R''' (R statistical and graphics project) [[http://www.r-project.org/]]
 === What external libraries are really needed? ===
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 #  $MSL_GLPK   set to "T" if GLPK is installed or else to "F" (default)
 #  $MSL_R  set to "T" if R is installed or else to "F" (default)
 setenv MSL_GSL T
 setenv MSL_GLPK T
 setenv MSL_BOOST T
 setenv MSL_R T
 #setenv MSL_EXTERNAL_LIB_DIR /usr/lib
 #setenv MSL_EXTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR /usr/include
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    cp /usr/lib/libglpk.a MSLHOME/ext_libs/
    cp /usr/include/glpk.h MSLHOME/ext_includes/
 === R ===

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 <source lang="bash">
-#  $MSL_GSL    set to "T" if GSL is installed or else to "F" (default)
+#  $MSL_GSL    set to "T" if GSL is installed or else to "F" (default is T)
-#  $MSL_BOOST  set to "T" if BOOST is installed or else to "F" (default)
+#  $MSL_BOOST  set to "T" if BOOST is installed or else to "F" (default is F)
-#  $MSL_GLPK   set to "T" if GLPK is installed or else to "F" (default)
+#  $MSL_GLPK   set to "T" if GLPK is installed or else to "F" (default is F)
-#  $MSL_R  set to "T" if R is installed or else to "F" (default)
+#  $MSL_R  set to "T" if R is installed or else to "F" (default is F)
 export MSL_GSL=T
-export MSL_GLPK=T
+export MSL_GLPK=F
-export MSL_BOOST=T
+export MSL_BOOST=F
-export MSL_R=T
+export MSL_R=F
 #export MSL_EXTERNAL_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib
 #export MSL_EXTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:58, 25 September 2013
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	* '''R''' (R statistical and graphics project) [[http://www.r-project.org/]]		* '''R''' (R statistical and graphics project) [[http://www.r-project.org/]]
	* '''OPENMP''' (Open multi-processing) [[http://openmp.org/]]		* '''OPENMP''' (Open multi-processing) [[http://openmp.org/]]
		+
		+	=== What external libraries are really needed? ===
		+	Only '''GLS''' is currently recommend and turned on by default in the Makefile
		+
		+	The other external libraries are needed only to support particular object or applications.

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 Certain functions of MSL require the installation of some open-source external libraries.
 * '''BOOST''' (portable C++ source libraries) [[http://www.boost.org]]
 * '''GLPK''' (GNU linear programming kit) [[http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/]]
 * '''R''' (R statistical and graphics project) [[http://www.r-project.org/]]
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 === How to enable inclusion of the external libraries===
-By default MSL will be compiled '''without''' the support of the external libraries and some functionality won't be available.  To include the libraries, you need to set some environmental variables.
+By default MSL '''requires the GSL''' library and will be compiled _without_ the support of the other external libraries and some functionality won't be available.  To include the libraries, you need to set some environmental variables.
 If you use '''bash''', add the following lines to your .bashrc
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 The default location of the libraries is '''/usr/lib'''.  If you have installed them in a custom location (such as that used below, ~/software/mslib/ext_libs) set the $MSL_EXTERNAL_LIB_DIR environmental variable to the correct location.  You will also want to set the $MSL_EXTERNAL_LIB_INCLUDE_DIR if using a custom location (such as that used below, ~/software/mslib/ext_includes).
 === BOOST ===
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 Assuming MSL library is installed in ~/software/mslib/.  You will need to make the ext_includes and ext_libs directories before copying.
 === GLPK ===

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 </source>
-The default location of the libraries is '''/usr/lib'''.  If you have installed them in a custom location set the $EXTERNAL_LIB_DIR environmental variable to the correct location.
+The default location of the libraries is '''/usr/lib'''.  If you have installed them in a custom location (such as that used below, ~/software/mslib/ext_libs) set the $MSL_EXTERNAL_LIB_DIR environmental variable to the correct location.  You will also want to set the $MSL_EXTERNAL_LIB_INCLUDE_DIR if using a custom location (such as that used below, ~/software/mslib/ext_includes).
 === BOOST ===

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 # Note the -H, this should follow the symlinks, otherwise you get copies of links with relative paths and then you get errors making MSL that say gsl/gsl_rng.h not found, when you see it there!
-  > cp -r -H gsl ~/software/mslib/ext_includes/
+ > mkdir ~/software/mslib/ext_includes/gsl
 === GLPK ===

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   > cp -r boost ~/software/mslib/ext_includes/
-Assuming MSL library is installed in ~/software/mslib/ext_libs.
+Assuming MSL library is installed in ~/software/mslib/.  You will need to make the ext_includes and ext_libs directories before copying.
 === GSL ===