CMake install about fdict HOT 10 OPEN

I have never tried on windows, but would be happy to ensure it works on Win.

Are you using WSL, or pure Win?

The general cmake procedure would be:

cmake -Bbuild_dir -S.
cmake --build build_dir

or something similar.

I have no experience with coupling a CMake project into a VS Code?

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Thank you for the ultrafast reply. I'm on a pure Win system. Should I generate my own CMakeLists.txt file before using the following lines?

cmake -Bbuild_dir -S
cmake --build build_dir

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no, cmake should be part of this directory, so checkout the repo, then issue the above commands. (remember the . in front of S

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(Typo) So, would I be correct in stating that I should

1.) download and extract the fdict library to my project,
2.) run
cmake -Bbuild_dir -S.
cmake --build build_dir

with no other changes?

Thanks again!

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well, ideally you should just install the library somewhere, how do you otherwise add dependencies in your VS Code project?

But the above will compile fdict in and you should find a libfdict.dll in your build_dir directory.
If you want to install it somewhere, you should specify so with -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX

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I'll have another look into this. After installation, you mentioned linking via:

FDICT_PATH = /path/to/fdict/parent
FDICT_LIBS = -L$(FDICT_PATH) -lfdict
FDICT_INC = -I$(FDICT_PATH)

Would this be written in the main Fortran file?

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No, this is how to link against external dependencies. Have you ever tried to link another library into an executable? :-D

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This may be the first time I've had to do this.

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Ok, you should definitely read up on how to link libraries/depedencies against a small project.

I would advice you to play around with this on a smaller scale before going into dependencies as you are doing now.
I would highly suggest you to ask around your local department for members who knows about this stuff.

Here is a minimal description of libraries and how to link them (works the same for fortran).
https://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~newhall/unixhelp/howto_C_libraries.html

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Thanks for all the help zerothi!

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