The library requires that C99 integer types are available on the target computer. Specifically the int8_t, int16_t, int32_t, int64_t and their unsigned counterpart types.
A simple make on most Unix-like systems should build the library.
The included Makefile should work for most Unix-like environments and
many make variants. It is known to work with GNU make, which, if not the
default, is sometimes installed as gmake.
The CC, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS environment variables can be set
to control the build.
If the LIBMSEED_URL variable is defined during the build, the library will be compiled with support for reading from URLs. Currently, this support requires that libcurl be installed on the target system.
The simplest way to build the library with URL support is to include -DLIMSEED_URL
in the CFLAGS environment variable. Or invoking the build as such:
CFLAGS+=" -DLIBMSEED_URL" make
By default a statically linked version of the library is built: libmseed.a, with an accompanying header libmseed.h.
With GCC, clang or compatible build tools it is possible to build a shared
library with make shared.
A simple install method for the shared library can be invoked with
make install. By default the installation destination is /usr/local.
The install destination may be specified using the PREFIX variable, for
example:
make install PREFIX=/path/to/install/
On a Windows platform the library can be compiled by using the NMake compatible Makefile.win (e.g. 'nmake -f Makefile.win'). The default target is a static library 'libmseed.lib'. A libmseed.def file is included for use building and linking a DLL.