SPM/SPM8 MEX Compilation on Windows

Compilation of SPM8 on Windows 7 This page describes the compilation of SPM8 MEX files on Windows 7 SP1 32bit with MATLAB R2008a (7.6) and Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Express Edition. If you use other versions of MATLAB and/or compiler, make sure that they are compatible: Supported compilers Installation of Microsoft Visual C++ Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Express Edition. Download and install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK. An environment variable called MSSDk has to be specified if absent: Go to Control Panel Go to System Go to Advanced system settings Go to Advanced Go to Environment Variables... If a variable called MSSDk does not appear in User variables for systems: Click on New... And enter: Variable name: MSSDk Variable value: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK Installation of MinGW/MSYS Download and install MinGW from: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started#toc1 in directory C:\MinGW, selecting component MinGW Developer Toolkit (including MSYS) only. Configuration of MATLAB compilation environment Start MATLAB and type: >> mex -setup and follow the instructions: Please choose your compiler for building external interface (MEX) files: Would you like mex to locate installed compilers [y]/n? y Select a compiler: [1] Lcc-win32 C 2.4.1 in C:\PROGRA~1\MATLAB\R2008a\sys\lcc\bin [2] Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8 [0] None Compiler: 2 Please verify your choices: Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8 Are these correct [y]/n? y If there is an error message: Error: The Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) was not found. it means that the environment variable MSSDk was not set properly: check again the installation of the compiler above. Do not worry if there is a warning: Warning: The MATLAB C and Fortran API has changed to support MATLAB ... Compilation From the Start menu, choose: All Programs Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Visual Studio Tools Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt then launch MSYS from there: C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\msys.bat Move to the SPM8 source directory with $ cd /c/Users/login/Documents/MATLAB/spm8/src and then type the following to start the compilation process $ make distclean $ make && make install $ make toolbox-distclean $ make toolbox && make toolbox-install $ make external-distclean $ make external && make external-install