Install third-party C library on Mac OS X

Question

I'd like to install a third-party C library ( http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~avis/C/lrs.html ) on a Mac OS X. However, the binaries won't seem to install on a Mac OS X (10.9.5). The library is intended for Unix/Linux platforms.

Here are a couple example of errors I get when trying to install the make file. First, here's the error when running make all out of the box (for some reason, running make all64 does nothing):

ld: library not found for -lgmp

I installed the GMP library ( https://gmplib.org/ ) via MacPorts in /opt/local . However, the library does not appear to be found:

cc 2nash-GMP.o -L. -llrsgmp -L/opt/local/include  -lgmp -o 2nash
ld: library not found for -lgmp
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [2nash] Error 1
rm 2nash-GMP.o

How can I get around all this and install on a Mac?

I'll mention that I intend to call a function from this C library many, many times within functions from some (Matlab) code I've written. I'd prefer any potential solution to allow for this.

Update #1: I've since done the following:

• In the makefile, changed LIBDIR from /usr/lib to /opt/local/lib
• In the makefile, changed INCLUDEDIR from /usr/include to /opt/local/include
• Copied gmp.h file from /opt/local/include to /usr/include
• In the makefile, changed RANLIB ?= /bin/true to RANLIB ?= /usr/bin/true

Now, when I run make all , I get the following message:

make: Nothing to be done for `all'.

What other steps should be taken?

Answer 1

I think you would, instead, want something like:

cc 2nash-GMP.o -L. -llrsgmp -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib -lgmp -o 2nash

The -I option specifies a path to headers to include. The -L option specifies a path to library files to include.

Answer 2

将 makefile 中的变量LIBDIR更改为安装库的位置，例如：

LIBDIR = /opt/local/lib