Creating a .so file for plugins in ASPECT

ASPECT
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Hi! I am a relatively new user to ASPECT and I am trying to learn how to make additional plugin files. I have ASPECT 2.4.0 -pre on my Virtual Machine and I am trying to run the following command on the terminal “cmake -DAspect_DIR=/path/to/aspect/build/ .
make” as mentioned in How to write a plugin — ASPECT 3.1.0-pre to make a .so file.

However, I am getting an error on giving the prompt “make”.
The screenshot is attached below.

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Kindly guide me on how to resolve this error.
Thanks and regards,
Manusree

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@Manusree Something is including the wrong file. Did you edit global.h? What is in line 25 referenced in the error message?
Best
W.

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Thank You very much for your reply.

Yes, I did edit the global.h file. I changed the path of the global.h file from what it was before to where the file is actually located. But I’m not sure if I did that correctly.
Attached below is a screenshot of the global.h file

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May I know how to proceed here onward?
Thanks again!
Manusree

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Well, change it back, it was correct all along :slight_smile: You need the file that’s called config.h, not the one that’s called config.h.in. They’re not the same, and it’s not a surprise that things don’t compile :slight_smile:
Best
W.

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Thank You very much for your kind help. I made the changes you suggested and I could create a .so file.
Thanks and regards,
Manusree

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Hello! May I know how to compile an aspect plugin in the release mode?

Thanks and Regards,
Manusree

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@Manusree You can just say make release in the directory in which your plugin is located, and then say make to actually compile it.
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W.

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Wolfgang, I don’t think you need to switch build type for a plugin. If ASPECT is built in DebugRelease, the plugin will automatically compile both versions and pick the correct one at runtime.

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So I said “make release” and then “make” and then I ran my prm file but it still doesn’t work.
May I know how to proceed?
Thanks and regards
Manusree

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@tjhei Oh yes, I forgot that that’s how we do things now. Of course, I have no idea how we did that with @Manusree’s 2.4.0-pre version back in 2022…