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Admin: /* GSL */

2017-01-23T13:28:04Z

GSL

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	** Release-mode, Win32 (a.k.a x86). Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x86_release;'''		** Release-mode, Win32 (a.k.a x86). Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x86_release;'''
	** Debug-mode, Win32. Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x86_debug;'''		** Debug-mode, Win32. Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x86_debug;'''
	* Done. Build your code. I suggest also in '''C/C++''', '''Code Generation''', set '''Runtime Library''' to either '''Multi-threaded''' if you're in the release configuration, or '''Multi-threaded Debug''' if you're in the debug configuration - that is, remove the dependency on DLLs. That will make things easier all round.		* Done. Build your code. I suggest also in '''C/C++''', '''Code Generation''', set '''Runtime Library''' to either '''Multi-threaded''' if you're in the release configuration, or '''Multi-threaded Debug''' if you're in the debug configuration - that is, remove the dependency on Visual Studio's runtime DLLs. That will make things easier all round.
	* Here's some example code that now compiles.		* Here's some example code that now compiles.
	#include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>		#include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>

Admin: /* BOOST */

2017-01-23T13:20:57Z

BOOST

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	* Open your Visual Studio project.		* Open your Visual Studio project.
	* From the Project Menu, go to the "Project" Preferences at the bottom - where "Project" is whatever your Project is called.		* From the Project Menu, go to the "Project" Preferences at the bottom - where "Project" is whatever your Project is called.
	* ~~You might as well select '''All Configurations'''~~ and ~~'''All Platforms''' from the menus at the top, as it's the same for all.~~		* Repeat this for each Configuration and Platform combination you want:
	* Choose '''C/C++''', '''General''', and look at the '''Additional Include Directories''' field. It's semi-colon separated.		* Choose '''C/C++''', '''General''', and look at the '''Additional Include Directories''' field. It's semi-colon separated.
	* For my example, I inserted '''C:\Boost\boost_1_63_0;''' at the start. This will be right if you have code that contains, for example,		* For my example, I inserted '''C:\Boost\boost_1_63_0;''' at the start. This will be right if you have code that contains, for example,

Admin at 13:20, 23 January 2017

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 * Unzip them somewhere - purely for example in these steps, I'll assume you unzipped them into C:\VSGSL.
 * Open your Visual Studio project. On the drop-downs at the top, note whether you're in '''Release''' or '''Debug''' mode, and whether you're compiling for '''x64''' or '''Win32'''. The final step is different depending on these selections, and you may want to repeat the following steps for each combination you're going to use.
-* From the Project, go to the "Project" Preferences at the bottom - where "Project" is whatever your Project is called.
+* From the Project Menu, go to the "Project" Preferences at the bottom - where "Project" is whatever your Project is called.
 * Choose '''C/C++''', '''General''', and look at the '''Additional Include Directories''' field. It's semi-colon separated. Insert (for example) '''C:\VSGSL\include;''' at the start.
 * Choose '''Linker''', '''Input''', and insert '''gsl.lib;cblas.lib;''' into the semi-colon separated list of libraries.
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 ** Debug-mode, Win32. Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x86_debug;'''
 * Done. Build your code. I suggest also in '''C/C++''', '''Code Generation''', set '''Runtime Library''' to either '''Multi-threaded''' if you're in the release configuration, or   '''Multi-threaded Debug''' if you're in the debug configuration - that is, remove the dependency on DLLs. That will make things easier all round.

Admin: Created page with "Work in progress. Not all C/C++ library-writers are particularly helpful when in comes to producing versions that work pleasant across different platforms and compilers. But..."

2017-01-23T13:04:06Z

Created page with "Work in progress. Not all C/C++ library-writers are particularly helpful when in comes to producing versions that work pleasant across different platforms and compilers. But..."

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Work in progress.

Not all C/C++ library-writers are particularly helpful when in comes to producing versions that work pleasant across different platforms and compilers. But often it's not as difficult or impossible as it's made out to be - in fact, sometimes it's really very easy. On this page, I'm gathering some libraries that I've rebuilt for Visual Studio, which hopefully will make life easier.

= GSL =

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I used the instructions provided by Brian Gladman [http://gladman.me.uk/computing/gnu_scientific_library.php here], to build binaries of GSL 1.16, for Visual Studio 2013 and 2015. To use them in Visual Studio, do the following steps. I'm assuming you vaguely know what you're doing in Visual Studio.
* Download the GSL binaries for [https://mrcdata.dide.ic.ac.uk/resources/gsl_1.16_vs2013.zip VS2013] or [https://mrcdata.dide.ic.ac.uk/resources/gsl_1.16_vs2015.zip VS2015].
* Unzip them somewhere - purely for example in these steps, I'll assume you unzipped them into C:\VSGSL.
* Open your Visual Studio project. On the drop-downs at the top, note whether you're in '''Release''' or '''Debug''' mode, and whether you're compiling for '''x64''' or '''Win32'''. The final step is different depending on these selections, and you may want to repeat the following steps for each combination you're going to use.
* From the Project, go to the "Project" Preferences at the bottom - where "Project" is whatever your Project is called.
* Choose '''C/C++''', '''General''', and look at the '''Additional Include Directories''' field. It's semi-colon separated. Insert (for example) '''C:\VSGSL\include;''' at the start.
* Choose '''Linker''', '''Input''', and insert '''gsl.lib;cblas.lib;''' into the semi-colon separated list of libraries.
* Choose '''Linker''', '''General''', and look for '''Additional Library Directories'''. Now, depending on your configuration, insert one of the following:-
** Release-mode, 64-bit (x64). Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x64_release;'''
** Debug-mode, 64-bit (x64). Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x64_debug;'''
** Release-mode, Win32 (a.k.a x86). Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x86_release;'''
** Debug-mode, Win32. Insert '''C:\VSGSL\lib\x86_debug;'''
* Done. Build your code. I suggest also in '''C/C++''', '''Code Generation''', set '''Runtime Library''' to either '''Multi-threaded''' if you're in the release configuration, or '''Multi-threaded Debug''' if you're in the debug configuration - that is, remove the dependency on DLLs. That will make things easier all round.