Re: [Quantlib-users] How to partially build and test the QuantLib solution

[Jake H. <jak...@gm...>]

Hi Jonathan,

I was not aware of this functionality.
Thanks for pointing it out and also for the sample file, much appreciated.

Cheers


Hi Jake,
>
> The usual way to configure the CMake build - regardless of the IDE you are
> using - is to create a file called CMakeUserPresets.json in the root
> directory of the QuantLib project, next to the existing CMakePresets.json
> file, and specify the CMake options that you want in there. You shouldn't
> modify CMakeLists.txt directly.
>
> I've attached a sample CMakeUserPresets.json file that you can use to
> compile the main library only - not the tests, benchmarks, or examples. It
> should only be necessary for you to update the BOOST_ROOT variable to point
> to your local installation.
>
> In Visual Studio Code, just install the recommended CMake extensions, and
> choose the configure and build presets like so:
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> Then all you have to do is press F7 to start the build.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 7:02 PM Jake Heke <jak...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Ciao Cay,
>> Building QuantLib with Visual Studio Code is no joke! The tool IMHO is
>> more flexible than VS Community, but of course more flexibility comes at
>> the price of more configuration effort.
>> I was able to successfully build the whole solution wihout examples and
>> test suite by using CMake. In this way the build time I think it was a bit
>> shortened.
>> In order to exclude those items from the build process it is enough to
>> manually edit the CMake configuration file CMakeLists.txt which is located
>> in the root QuanLib installation directory.
>> Thanks for your support.
>> Cheers
>> W.
>>
>> Il giorno ven 16 dic 2022 alle ore 21:07 <cay...@fr...> ha
>> scritto:
>>
>>> Ciao Jake,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have never tried to build QuantLib on MinGW, but:
>>>
>>> Since you are building a C++ library, you need to build the whole thing,
>>> the least you have to build is the QuantLib itself excluding the examples
>>> and tests. But once you have managed to build QuantLib, you might just as
>>> well build the other stuff, too.
>>>
>>> So, there is no shortcut I am afraid.
>>>
>>> (Of course, in theory, you could create your own project ‘Sub-QuantLib’
>>> with only calendar.cpp and all its dependencies. But this would require
>>> painfully finding out all the dependencies of calendar.cpp and removing all
>>> the overhead in for instance configure.hpp. In practice, this would not be
>>> advisable, really. And it wouldn’t be a shortcut either.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The best way to tackle this kind of problem in C++ is usually to present
>>> the specific linker errors.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Since you mentioned boost specifically, my first guess would be that
>>> either the linker cannot find the boost libraries, or you have an
>>> incompatible glibc version.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But once again, the specific linker errors are key here.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Jake Heke <jak...@gm...>
>>> *Sent:* Freitag, 16. Dezember 2022 20:10
>>> *To:* qua...@li...
>>> *Subject:* [Quantlib-users] How to partially build and test the
>>> QuantLib solution
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello experts,
>>> I am a new QuantLib user, currently trying to build the solution on
>>> Windows with Visual Studio Code, Boost, CMake and MinGW.
>>> I am still not able to build it because I am getting a good list of
>>> linking errors.
>>> Anyway, let's suppose that I want to build and test only the
>>> functionalities containted in the source file
>>> \QuantLib\ql\time\calendar.cpp (with all the required dipendences of
>>> course).
>>> According to your experience, is there a way to do it, or in order to
>>> test the calendar functionalities I am forced to build the whole solution?
>>> I apologize for the newbie question and thank you in advance for your
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> W.
>>>
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