Matplot++

Build & Install

My enviroment:

• Architecture: x86_64

• OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

• Editor: VS Code 1.71.0

• Compiler: gcc 11.2.0

• Build Tool: CMake 3.22.1

First install dependencies what you need.

Download the source code from GitHub Releases. Choose Source code(tar.gz).

Use lscpu to see how many cores on your machine, mine is 12, so I replaced 2 by 12:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2" -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF 
sudo cmake --build . --parallel 12 --config Release
sudo cmake --install .

Path to installation:

• headers: /usr/local/include

• libs: /usr/local/lib

Add "/usr/local/include" to your includePath in VS Code to support IntelliSense for cross-compiling. Then you can add this header to your source files:

#include <matplot/matplot.h>

Find as External Package with CMake

A simple example, here example.cpp and the CMakeLists.txt are in the same directory:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
project(example VERSION 1.0.1)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)

# Uncomment and adjust the next line if Matplot++ was not installed in a default directory
# list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH put/your/installation/directory/here)

find_package(Matplot++)

if (Matplot++_FOUND)
    add_executable(example example.cpp)
    target_link_libraries(example PRIVATE Matplot++::matplot)
endif ()

You can find C++ examples and details about this CMakeLists.txt in the documentation.