matlab examples

Some examples of using the Matlab libraries with cmake and c++

Set Matlab_ROOT_DIR to point cmake to the right installation
Ensure that matlab is found on the PATH when executing, as the wrapper call uses the cmd line .. as strange as that is
FindMatlab.cmake actually calls matlab to identify the version number of the application, failing if it cant
- So in other words your license needs to be available to run CMake
Turn on MATLAB_FIND_DEBUG for help
- set(MATLAB_FIND_DEBUG true)
FindMatlab.cmake uses a hardcoded list of version numbers when it searches for matlab
- You can add a new version with MATLAB_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS
Matlab shared libraries are not versioned and may conflict with system libraries when linking
It appears R2015b may not have the linking issues that R2017a has
It also appears that using the standard matlab finder resolves linking issues all together?
- or at least hacking libs out of path is not needed anyways

If on Ubuntu 16.04 and CMake 3.5.1, only versions up to "R2015b=8.6" will be found by default (source)

To add versions up to the latest as of 08/2017, add this before find_library.

  set(MATLAB_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 
      "R2017a=9.2"
      "R2016b=9.1"
      "R2016a=9.0")

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