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These instructions are for installing only Ignition Math. If you're interested in using all the Ignition libraries, check out this Ignition installation.

We recommend following the Binary Installation instructions to get up and running as quickly and painlessly as possible.

The Source Installation instructions should be used if you need the very latest software improvements, you need to modify the code, or you plan to make a contribution.

Binary Installation

Ubuntu Linux

Setup your computer to accept software from packages.osrfoundation.org:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list'

Setup keys:

wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -

Install Ignition Math:

sudo apt install libignition-math<#>-dev

Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 1 or 2, depending on which version you need.

macOS

On macOS, add OSRF packages:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

brew tap osrf/simulation

Install Ignition Math:

brew install ignition-math<#>

Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 1 or 2, depending on which version you need.

Windows

Install Conda package management system. Miniconda suffices.

Create if necessary, and activate a Conda environment:

conda create -n ign-ws

conda activate ign-ws

Install:

conda install libignition-math<#> --channel conda-forge

Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 1 or 2, depending on which version you need.

Source Installation

Source installation can be performed by first installing the necessary prerequisites followed by building from source.

Prerequisites

Ignition Math requires:

Ignition CMake

Ubuntu Linux

The optional Eigen component of Ignition Math requires:

Eigen. Refer to the Eigen Documentation for installation instructions. On Ubuntu systems, apt-get can be used to install Eigen:
sudo apt-get install libeigen3-dev

The optional Ruby tests of Ignition Math require:

Ruby. Refer to the Ruby Documentation for installation instructions. On Ubuntu systems apt-get can be used to install Ubuntu Package ruby-dev:
sudo apt-get install ruby-dev
Swig. Refer to the Swig Documentation for installation instructions. On Ubuntu systems apt-get can be used to install Swig:
sudo apt-get install swig

Windows 10

First, follow the ign-cmake tutorial for installing Conda, Visual Studio, CMake, and other prerequisites, and also for creating a Conda environment.

The optional Eigen component of Ignition Math requires:

Eigen. Refer to the Eigen Documentation for installation instructions. On Windows, we will use conda to install Eigen:
conda install eigen --channel conda-forge

Building from Source

Ubuntu

Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/ign-math -b ign-math<#>
Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 1 or 2, depending on which version you need.
Install dependencies
export SYSTEM_VERSION=bionic
sudo apt -y install \
$(sort -u $(find . -iname 'packages-'$SYSTEM_VERSION'.apt' -o -iname 'packages.apt') | tr '\n' ' ')
Configure and build
cd ign-math
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
Optionally, install
sudo make install

macOS

Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/ign-math -b ign-math<#>
Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 1 or 2, depending on which version you need.
Install dependencies
brew install --only-dependencies ignition-math<#>
Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 1 or 2, depending on which version you need.
Configure and build
cd ign-math
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
Optionally, install
sudo make install

Windows

Navigate to condabin if necessary to use the conda command (i.e., if Conda is not in your PATH environment variable. You can find the location of condabin in Anaconda Prompt, where conda). Activate the Conda environment created in the prerequisites:
conda activate ign-ws
Install dependencies

You can view available versions and their dependencies:
conda search libignition-math* --channel conda-forge --info
See the Conda release repository for more information.

Install dependencies, replacing <#> with the desired version:
conda install libignition-cmake<#> --channel conda-forge
Navigate to where you would like to build the library, and clone the repository.
# Optionally, append `-b ign-math#` (replace # with a number) to check out a specific version
git clone https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/ign-math.git
Configure and build
cd ign-math
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF # Optionally, -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=path\to\install
cmake --build . --config Release
Optionally, install
cmake --install . --config Release

Documentation

API and tutorials can be found at https://ignitionrobotics.org/libs/math.

You can also generate the documentation from a clone of this repository by following these steps.

You will need Doxygen. On Ubuntu Doxygen can be installed using
sudo apt-get install doxygen
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/ign-math
Configure and build the documentation.
cd ign-math; mkdir build; cd build; cmake ../; make doc
View the documentation by running the following command from the build directory.
firefox doxygen/html/index.html

Testing

Follow these steps to run tests and static code analysis in your clone of this repository.

Follow the source install instruction.
Run tests.
make test
Static code checker.
make codecheck

Ruby Tests

Usage

The C++ classes are available in Ruby code by interface files (.i) used by swig to build a C++ extension module.

The interfaces and Ruby test codes are in the src folder. To use a C++ class in Ruby you need to:

Create an interface file describing the class as in Swig and Ruby reference at The Ruby-to-C/C++ Mapping
Include the interface file in /src/ing_math.i
Create the Ruby file and import the class as in Swig and Ruby reference at C++ Classes

Tests

make test already runs all tests, including the ones made in Ruby, but you can run a Ruby test individually using

ctest -R Ruby_TEST.rb