Custom Compilation of OpenMS¶

To compile with self built compilers and non default standard libraries, follow listed steps.

To choose any specific compiler, instead of the system default, add the whole path to these options for the cmake call:

GCC

cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/path/to/c-compiler/binary/gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/path/to/c+±compiler/binary/g++

Clang

cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/path/to/c-compiler/binary/clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/path/to/c+±compiler/binary/clang++

To compile OpenMS with clang and a specific GCC stdlib, instead of the system default one:

Use this cmake option to specify an additional compiling option for clang:

cmake -DMY_CXX_FLAGS="--gcc-toolchain=/path/to/gcc"

with the path to the top gcc directory (containing the directory lib64) to the cmake call.

Warning

This combination does not work for all versions of clang and gcc.