Compiling Matlab mex files with GCC for Windows

Hi I have been trying to configure Windows Matlab with GCC to compile mex files, through gnumex, http://gnumex.sourceforge.net/ but I get the following error,

 C:\PROGRA~2\MATLAB\R2012A\BIN\MEX.PL: Error: Could not find specified options file 'mexopts.bat'.
mexopts.bet is created and is in the path.
Can someone help me on this?

Best Regards

Wajahat

[Kaustubha Govind]

Not sure about gnumex, but you typically need to run the command "mex -setup" and select a supported compiler for the "mex" command to work.

[Walter Roberson]

Please check, do you have a .bat file or a .bet file?

[Wajahat]

I have a .bat file.

I can configure with MSVC++ compiler and mex runs perfectly. But a certain code is optimized for GCC and even after installation Matlab does not does GCC (although it does in Linux but not in Windows).

So in order to use GCC, I have to use gnumex. This is what I found on the web as the only way out. But that is also not working?

Answer 1

[Bruce Elliott]

Wajahat,

Were you ever able to resolve this?

I would have asked if you were using the -f flag with your call to mex, which allows you to point to your mexopts.bat file.

Also, note that gnumex creates the mexopts.bat file in the folder you specify, which should be in your user space somewhere, but it also copies the file to %Matlab root%\bin\win64\ (or equivalent), to which you might not have write privileges.

Bruce

[Wajahat]

I resolved it by selecting GCC compiler in gnumex. Earlier I was selecting MinGW. Thanks a lot for your answers Best Regards Wajahat

Answer 2

[Ora Zyto]

Please note that you should only use a supported compiler when compiling MEX files, and directly modifying the mexopts.bat file is strongly discouraged and can lead to many issues. Refer to the supported compilers page for your architecture at: http://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/R2012a/win32.html

MEX compilation relies on finding the appropriate mexopts.bat file in your preference directory. This can be located by typing the command:

   >> prefdir

in your MATLAB command prompt. Running the command mex -setup will take care of setting this up correctly.

[Wajahat]

yeah sure, I am not changing mexopts.bat myself but using gnumex to change it.