Reading data from matlab files into C

Question

I\'m trying to learn how to use the C API to reading Matlab .mat files, but it\'s not working as I expected:

I\'d like to just open a very simple

Answer 1

This is a linker failure, not a compiler failure (and is unrelated to -I compiler option). You need to specify the directory in which the matlab .so files are located using -L flag and add a -l<matlab-lib-name> option to end of the compiler command that specifies the name of the matlab library.

For example:

cc -I/usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/extern/include/ -L/usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/lib animate_shot.c -o animate_shot -lmatlab

(I don't know the exact directory into the which .so are located or the name of the matlab library)

---

Based on the comment providing further information:

cc -I/usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/extern/include/ -L/usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/bin/glnxa64 animate_shot.c -o animate_shot -lmat -lmx