[Lapackpp-devel] lapack++ for msys/windows xp

[Andrew O. <end...@gm...>]

Hey, I'm new to UNIX so I apologize in advance if my questions seem stupid.

I installed the windows lapack++ file "lapackpp-2.4.7-setup.exe" into
C:\msys\1.0\lib\lapackpp. I copy and pasted all the header files as
well as the "liblapack32.dll" (the shared library) into
C:\msys\1.0\mingw\include\lapackpp

On your homepage in the Library Usage section you say:

>>The resulting shared library is called "liblapackpp.so" or, on Windows,
>> "liblapackpp32.dll".

>>To use it in your program, you need to specify the location of the
header files by the >>compiler argument -I (for gcc), the location of
the shared library by the compiler >>argument -L and the library
itself by -llapackpp .

To compile my program, I type in:

>>g++ program.cpp -IC:/msys/1.0\mingw/include/lapackpp
>>-LC:/msys/1.0\mingw/include/lapackpp -llapackpp

The first argument with -I is for the header file location, the second
argument with -L is for the location of "liblapackpp.dll", and the
third argument with -l is for lapackpp.

The program doesn't compile and I don't know what is wrong. I get

>>C:\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc-lib\mingw32\3.2.3\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bi=
n\ld.exe:
cannot >>find -llapackpp

I believe that I installed the header files correctly but I'm not sure
if I handled the "liblapackpp.dll" correctly. Also, I do not know
anything about the "library itself"... namely lapackpp. I have no yet
encountered a "lapackpp.lib" or anything of that sort.


Also, one last thing I'm worried about is your README for the windows
installation. It mentions entering into the UNIX command line

./configure --prefix=3D/directory/
make
make install

Do I really need to worry about this? Or is just executing
'lapackpp-2.4.7-setup.exe' enough to set everything up?

I apologize if these is very convoluted, please let me know if I can
clarify anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.