installation-library-binaries-windows.md

Installation of LAL from binaries (Windows)

NOTE We provide LAL in compiled form only for MSYS2 and mingw64.

NOTE These steps enable you to use the C++17 core of the library. However, if you want to use LAL via Python or some other language, head over to the appropriate repository within this organization.

Head over to LAL's official webpage and download the appropriate C++17 core depending on the release you want to use. The file should be named windows10-c++-libs-msys64.zip. In a file browser, navigate to your msys64 installation directory. It is usually

C:/msys64

Now,

• Uncompress the files inside bin in windows10-c++-libs-msys64.zip into mingw64/bin. You can further uncompress the files inside lib, this time into mingw64/lib, should you want to use static libraries.
• Uncompress the contents of the folder include within windows10-c++-libs-msys64.zip into mingw64/include. You should have moved the only folder inside named lal, not just its contents.

You should be ready to use C++ LAL.

Compile against LAL

Compile against the debug build

To link an executable file against the debug build of LAL, issue the following command

$ g++ -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG -std=c++17 *.o -I /path/to/lal/headers -L /path/to/lal -llal -lgmp -fopenmp -lpthread

Compile against the release build

To link an executable file against the release build of LAL, issue the following command

$ g++ -std=c++17 *.o -I /path/to/lal/headers -L /path/to/lal -llaloptimized -lgmp -fopenmp -lpthread