Compilation of SPM8 on Windows 7¶
This page describes the compilation of SPM8 MEX files on Windows 7 SP1 32bit with MATLAB R2008a (7.6) and Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Express Edition.
If you use other versions of MATLAB and/or compiler, make sure that they are compatible: Supported compilers
Installation of Microsoft Visual C++¶
Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Express Edition.
Download and install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK.
An environment variable called MSSDk has to be specified if absent:
- Go to Control Panel
- Go to System
- Go to Advanced system settings
- Go to Advanced
- Go to Environment Variables...
- If a variable called MSSDk does not appear in User variables for systems:
- Click on New...
- And enter:
- Variable name: MSSDk
- Variable value: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK
Installation of MinGW/MSYS¶
Download and install MinGW from:
http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started#toc1
in directory C:\MinGW, selecting component MinGW Developer Toolkit (including MSYS) only.
Configuration of MATLAB compilation environment¶
Start MATLAB and type:
>> mex -setup
and follow the instructions:
Please choose your compiler for building external interface (MEX) files:
Would you like mex to locate installed compilers [y]/n?
y
Select a compiler:
[1] Lcc-win32 C 2.4.1 in C:\PROGRA~1\MATLAB\R2008a\sys\lcc\bin
[2] Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8
[0] None
Compiler:
2
Please verify your choices:
Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
Location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8
Are these correct [y]/n?
y
If there is an error message:
Error: The Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) was not found.
it means that the environment variable MSSDk was not set properly: check again the installation of the compiler above.
Do not worry if there is a warning:
Warning: The MATLAB C and Fortran API has changed to support MATLAB ...
Compilation¶
From the Start menu, choose:
- All Programs
- Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
- Visual Studio Tools
- Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt
then launch MSYS from there:
C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\msys.bat
Move to the SPM8 source directory with
$ cd /c/Users/
login
/Documents/MATLAB/spm8/src
and then type the following to start the compilation process
$ make distclean
$ make && make install
$ make toolbox-distclean
$ make toolbox && make toolbox-install
$ make external-distclean
$ make external && make external-install