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<p>These instructions explain how to compile VLFeat on your own. This |
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can be useful to customize or contribute to VLFeat, but it is |
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otherwise not necessary (<b>use the |
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<a href="%pathto:download;">binary package</a> instead</b>).</p> |
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<p>For <b>UNIX</b> based platforms (Mac OS X and Linux), the library |
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bundles a GNU makefile (<code>Makefile</code>). The makefile |
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tries to auto-detect the environment and automatically configure |
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itself. In most cases, typing <code>make</code> is all it is required |
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to compile everything. If this does not work, please edit the |
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makefile and make the necessary adjustment to the flags.</p> |
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<p>For <b>Windows</b>, the library bundles a NMake makefile |
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(<code>Makefile.mak</code>). In order to use it, you must open |
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Makefile.mak and adjust the values of configuration variables to match |
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your setup. Once you have done that, start the Visual Studio Command |
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Prompt and type <code>nmake /f Makefile.mak</code>.</p> |
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<p><b>Note: For Windows you can also just compile the mex files.</b> Start with |
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our binary distribution.</p> |
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<p><b>Windows: Troubleshooting common problems:</b></p> |
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<dl> |
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<dt>syntax error: '=' unexpected:</dt> |
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<dd><p>Use <code>nmake /f Makefile.mak</code>. |
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Without <code>/f</code>, nmake will default to the wrong |
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makefile.</p></dd> |
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<dt>'long' followed by 'long' is illegal:</dt> |
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<dd><p>This error is usually caused by |
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attempting to compile outside of the Visual Studio Command Prompt.</p></dd> |
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