Building C++ bindings in Linux

Compile-time dependencies – Linux

The following directions are specific to Ubuntu Linux. Other Linux distributions may have similar packages available; check your package manager.

To install dependencies on Ubuntu Linux, execute:

# install code generation prerequisites
sudo aptitude install maven2

# install build prerequisites
sudo aptitude install build-essential cmake libboost-thread-dev

# install Java Development Kit
sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jdk
sudo update-alternatives --config java

Then select Sun’s Java implementation as the system default.

It may be possible to use a different Java compiler (i.e., omit the sun-java6-jdk package and update-alternatives step), but we have only tested the compilation process with Sun’s Java compiler.

How to build – Linux

The following commands will generate and build the Bio-Formats C++ bindings:

# generate the Bio-Formats C++ bindings
cd components/formats-bsd
mvn -DskipTests package dependency:copy-dependencies cppwrap:wrap

# build the Bio-Formats C++ bindings
cd target/cppwrap
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make