Matlab 2014a 32-bit mex -setup issue to install Visual 2008 Express edition

Hello,

I have a Matlab 2014a 32-bit installation. I also have installed on my pc Visual studio 2008 Express. When I try to set the C++ compiler using the command mex -setup, c++ compiler is not found. Is Matlab 2014a 32-bit compatible with Visual studio 2008 Express ?

Log window: >>mex -setup -v "Verbose mode is on. ... Looking for compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2011 with Microsoft SDK 7.1 (C)' ... ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER12' ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2011 with Microsoft SDK 7.1 (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2011 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (C)' ... ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER12' ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2011 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2011 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (C)' ... ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER12' ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2011 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 with Microsoft SDK 7.1 (C)' ... ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER14' ...No. ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER13' ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 with Microsoft SDK 7.1 (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (C)' ... ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER14' ...No. ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER13' ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 (C)' ... ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER14' ...No. ... Looking for environment variable 'ICPP_COMPILER13' ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'lcc-win32' ... ... Looking for folder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MATLAB\R2014a\sys\lcc' ...Yes. Found installed compiler 'lcc-win32'. ... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 (C)' ... ... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 11.0 ...No. ... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 11.0 ...No. ... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 11.0 ...No. ... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 11.0 ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Professional (C)' ... ... Looking for environment variable 'VS90COMNTOOLS' ...Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\'). ... Looking for file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\cl.exe' ...Yes. ... Looking for folder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0' ...Yes. ... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A' InstallationFolder ...Yes ('C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\'). ... Looking for environment variable 'VS90COMNTOOLS' ...Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\'). ... Looking for file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe' ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Professional (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Professional (C)' ... ... Looking for environment variable 'VS100COMNTOOLS' ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Professional (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Professional (C)' ... ... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No. ... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No. ... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No. ... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Professional (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Windows SDK 7.1 (C)' ... ... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1' InstallationFolder ...No. Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Windows SDK 7.1 (C)'. ... Looking for compiler 'lcc-win32' ... ... Looking for folder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MATLAB\R2014a\sys\lcc' ...Yes. Found installed compiler 'lcc-win32'. MEX configured to use 'lcc-win32' for C language compilation. Warning: The MATLAB C and Fortran API has changed to support MATLAB variables with more than 2^32-1 elements. In the near future you will be required to update your code to utilize the new API. You can find more information about this at: http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/upgrading-mex-files-to-use-64-bit-api.html.

To choose a different language, select one from the following: mex -setup C++ mex -setup FORTRAN "

Do I miss something during the installation ?

Answer 1

[A Jenkins]

It appears that Visual Studio 2008 Express is not compatible with 2014a.

It is not in the verbose list you show, nor is it on the website.