The library is provided in a header-only form, which makes its’ installation trivial. We will present installation procedures for both Linux and Windows operating systems. Mind that as there is no perfectly portable build system, we only limit ourselves to most common tools used.

This installation procedure shows only steps required for UME::SIMD installation as a standalone library, but we make some small adjustments so that switching to full UME framework would be possible in the future.

Linux installation procedure

The library in its’ primitive form doesn’t require any build system. The only configuration that has to be made is by passing proper compilation flags to the compiler. The specific flags used will depend on both: hardware, compiler and operating system. We will discuss specific configurations in future tutorials in this series.

This installation procedure should work for most of the Linux based systems and requires a GIT client (https://git-scm.com/).

1. 1. Navigate to the directory where you want to store downloaded the current version of the library and create a directory for the framework:

$ mkdir ume
$ cd ume 

1. 1. Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/edanor/umesimd.git 

 

1. You might want to checkout a tagged version to keep track of library updates:

 

$ cd umesimd
$ git checkout tags/v0.8.1
$ cd ..

1. 1. export the library directory

$ pwd
/home/ume
$ export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH:/home/ume

1. 1. Include the library code into your C++ project:

Now you should be able to include the library into your program using following directive:

 #include <umesimd/UMESimd.h>

That’s it!

Windows installation procedure

Windows installation procedure is similar, but requires additional steps in configuring the specific IDE. We will discuss this configuration for MS Visual Studio 2015 only, but similar rules apply for others.

1. 1. Navigate to the directory where you want to store downloaded the current version of the library and create a directory for the framework:

c:\> mkdir ume
c:\> cd ume 

1. 1. Clone the repository:

c:\ume> git clone https://github.com/edanor/umesimd.git 

 

1. You might want to checkout a tagged version to keep track of library updates:

 

c:\ume> cd umesimd
c:\ume\umesimd> git checkout tags/v0.8.1
c:\ume> cd ..

1. 1. Create a new project (or open an existing one):

[Ctrl+Shift+N] or File->New->Project…

1. 1. Add new source file to the project:

[Ctrl+Shift+A] or Project->Add New Item…

1. 1. Fill the main.cpp with:

#include <umesimd/UMESimd.h>

int main()
{
    return 0;
}

1. 1. Open project properties and configure path to the ‘ume’ directory created before

[Alt+Enter] or Project->Properties

There you go!