How to use external C library in Codegen process to generate mex file

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I'm trying to use the CSparse/CXSParse toolbox in a Matlab coder project.
Here is a sample code i want to compile. C (only) code is generated, but linking fails, so i cannot get mex files from it or test the generated code in matlab.
Here is my command : codegen -config:mex testCSparse
The function :
function [OUT] = testCSparse %# codegen
%This function generate C code to test input et output
% variable types uses by CSparse Library
v1 = round(rand(10,1)*100);
v2 = round(rand(10,1)*100);
v3 = 1:10;
if coder.target('MATLAB') % for matlab 2014
OUT = cs_sparse(v1,v2,v3); % here a mexed C func is called
else
OUT = struct;
OUT = coder.ceval('cs_sparse',v1,v2,v3);
% how to use this struct OUT in matlab : newMat = OUT generates an error..
end
It leads to an error. The codegen command allows me "Generate code only" without errors, if i select a mex output it doesn't work. So i cannot test it on Matlab.
---------------- Error Generated :
Build Log 1 xcrun -sdk macosx10.10 clang -c -fno-common -arch x86_64 -isysroot [•••]
-I "/Applications/MATLAB_R2014a.app/extern/include" -I "." "testCSparse.c"
5 testCSparse.c:43:3: warning: implicit declaration of
6 function 'cs_sparse' is invalid in C99
7 [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
8 cs_sparse(v1, v2, dv0);
9 ^
10 1 warning generated.
11 xcrun -sdk macosx10.10 clang -c -fno-common -arch x86_64 -isysroot
14 xcrun -sdk macosx10.10 clang -Wl,-exported_symbols_list,testCSparse_mex_mex.map -arch x86_64 -Wl,-syslibroot,/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.10.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.10 -bundle -O -o testCSparse_mex.mexmaci64 testCSparse_data.o testCSparse_initialize.o testCSparse_terminate.o testCSparse.o _coder_testCSparse_api.o _coder_testCSparse_mex.o _coder_testCSparse_info.o -L/Applications/MATLAB_R2014a.app/bin/maci64 -lmx -lmex -lmat -lstdc++ -lemlrt -lcovrt -lut -lmwmathutil -lmwblas
15 Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
16 "_cs_sparse", referenced from:
17 _testCSparse in testCSparse.o
18 ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
19 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
20 gmake: *** [testCSparse_mex.mexmaci64] Error 1

Answers (1)

Raghu Boggavarapu
Raghu Boggavarapu on 26 Nov 2021
You also need to include the header file that declares cs_sparse function using coder.cinclude and link the library that defines it using coder.updateBuildInfo to avoid build failure.

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