diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c33b715a59..f78d8fa7c1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/mlpack/mlpack.org/e7d36ed8/mlpack-black.svg" style="

-**mlpack** is an intuitive, fast, and flexible C++ machine learning library with -bindings to other languages. It is meant to be a machine learning analog to -LAPACK, and aims to implement a wide array of machine learning methods and -functions as a "swiss army knife" for machine learning researchers. In addition -to its powerful C++ interface, mlpack also provides command-line programs, -Python bindings, Julia bindings, Go bindings and R bindings. +**mlpack** is an intuitive, fast, and flexible header-only C++ machine learning +library with bindings to other languages. It is meant to be a machine learning +analog to LAPACK, and aims to implement a wide array of machine learning methods +and functions as a "swiss army knife" for machine learning researchers. In +addition to its powerful C++ interface, mlpack also provides command-line +programs, Python bindings, Julia bindings, Go bindings and R bindings. [//]: # (numfocus-fiscal-sponsor-attribution) @@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ Options are specified with the -D flag. The allowed options include: BUILD_DOCS=(ON/OFF): build Doxygen documentation, if Doxygen is available (default ON) -For example, to build mlpack library and CLI bindings statically the following -command can be used: +For example, to build mlpack's CLI bindings statically the following command can +be used: $ cmake -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ../ @@ -269,31 +269,15 @@ to those three directories), and simply type $ make install -You can now run the executables by name; you can link against mlpack with - `-lmlpack` -and the mlpack headers are found in +You can now run the executables by name; the mlpack headers are found in `/usr/local/include/mlpack/` and if Python bindings were built, you can access them with the `mlpack` package in Python. -If running the programs (i.e. `$ mlpack_knn -h`) gives an error of the form - - error while loading shared libraries: libmlpack.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - -then be sure that the runtime linker is searching the directory where -`libmlpack.so` was installed (probably `/usr/local/lib/` unless you set it -manually). One way to do this, on Linux, is to ensure that the -`LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable has the directory that contains -`libmlpack.so`. Using bash, this can be set easily: - - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" - -(or whatever directory `libmlpack.so` is installed in.) - ### 5. Running mlpack programs -After building mlpack, the executables will reside in `build/bin/`. You can call -them from there, or you can install the library and (depending on system +After building mlpack, the executables will reside in `build/bin/`. You can +call them from there, or you can install the library and (depending on system settings) they should be added to your PATH and you can call them directly. The documentation below assumes the executables are in your PATH. diff --git a/doc/examples/sample-ml-app/sample-ml-app/sample-ml-app.vcxproj b/doc/examples/sample-ml-app/sample-ml-app/sample-ml-app.vcxproj index 31b304cecc..1c3f34c2de 100644 --- a/doc/examples/sample-ml-app/sample-ml-app/sample-ml-app.vcxproj +++ b/doc/examples/sample-ml-app/sample-ml-app/sample-ml-app.vcxproj @@ -109,11 +109,10 @@ Console true - C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\build\Debug\mlpack.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies) + %(AdditionalDependencies) - xcopy /y "C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\build\Debug\mlpack.dll" $(OutDir) -xcopy /y "C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\packages\OpenBLAS.0.2.14.1\lib\native\bin\x64\*.dll" $(OutDir) + xcopy /y "C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\packages\OpenBLAS.0.2.14.1\lib\native\bin\x64\*.dll" $(OutDir) xcopy /y "$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\mlpack\tests\data\german.csv" "$(ProjectDir)data\german.csv*" diff --git a/doc/guide/build.hpp b/doc/guide/build.hpp index d992096dab..2047feffc3 100644 --- a/doc/guide/build.hpp +++ b/doc/guide/build.hpp @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This document discusses how to build mlpack from source. These build directions will work for any Linux-like shell environment (for example Ubuntu, macOS, FreeBSD etc). However, mlpack is in the repositories of many Linux distributions and so it may be easier to use the package manager for your system. For example, -on Ubuntu, you can install the mlpack library and command-line executables (e.g. +on Ubuntu, you can install the mlpack headers and command-line executables (e.g. mlpack_pca, mlpack_kmeans, etc.) with the following command: @code @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ On Fedora or Red Hat(EPEL): $ sudo dnf install mlpack-devel mlpack-bin @endcode -For installing only the header files and library for building C++ applications -on top of mlpack, one could use: +For installing only the header files for building C++ applications on top of +mlpack, one could use: @code $ sudo apt-get install libmlpack-dev diff --git a/doc/guide/sample_ml_app.hpp b/doc/guide/sample_ml_app.hpp index 024bb21988..3de856c40b 100644 --- a/doc/guide/sample_ml_app.hpp +++ b/doc/guide/sample_ml_app.hpp @@ -28,15 +28,10 @@ mlpack and dependencies in Release Mode). - Under C/C++ > General > Additional Include Directories add: @code - C:\mlpack\armadillo-9.800.3\include - - C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\build\include -@endcode -- Under Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies add: -@code - - C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\build\Debug\mlpack.lib + - C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\src @endcode - Under Build Events > Post-Build Event > Command Line add: @code - - xcopy /y "C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\build\Debug\mlpack.dll" $(OutDir) - xcopy /y "C:\mlpack\mlpack-3.4.2\packages\OpenBLAS.0.2.14.1\lib\native\bin\x64\*.dll" $(OutDir) @endcode