Shortcut when writing a custom compile command in c++.

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I am trying to run a custom c++ file so that it can link to Matlab and do the plotting. So far, my command in terminal to compile the .cpp file is as follow:

g++ inputfile.cpp -o outoutfile -I/usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/extern/include -L/usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/bin/glnxa64 -leng -lmx -lm -lmat -lut -lstdc++

The outputfile is then ran as:

./outputfile

Question is: Is there a shortcut so that I dont have to type out the path to include and links every time?

Please help, thanks.

P/S. I am currently on a Ubuntu machine, and I really do not want to go the IDE route (Visual Studio, CodeBlocks,.. etc.). I just want to code in a simple text editor, with terminal open to compile and run.

So far, I have tried 2 approaches: the 1st one is to have a text editor, a terminal and I manually enter the compile (with linked library syntax). This works every time but I got tired of writing the syntax all the time.

The 2nd approach is to use Sublime Text, I have made a custom built. This works half of the time.

Makefile, or more advanced build system. – Tatsuyuki Ishi Apr 29 '17 at 07:05 — Tatsuyuki Ishi, Apr 29 '17 at 07:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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The standard approach is to prepare Makefile and setup required goals there. Then you would just run something like:

make outputfile
./outputfile

This answer has a very good introduction into the simple makefile.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered Apr 29 '17 at 07:22

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Shortcut when writing a custom compile command in c++.

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