Compilation

Once an application has been written, it can be compiled and linked to NVPL RAND with a supported compiler.

NVPL RAND library installation consists of two directories, lib and include. The lib directory contains shared library libnvpl_rand.so and libnvpl_rand_mt.so. The include directory contains nvpl_rand.h. An example given in the previous session can be compiled and dynamically linked with NVPL RAND MT library using the following command, assuming the library installation path is nvpl_ROOT.

# NVPL RAND
g++ -I${nvpl_ROOT}/include example.cpp -L${nvpl_ROOT}/lib -lnvpl_rand

# NVPL RAND MT
g++ -I${nvpl_ROOT}/include example_mt.cpp -L${nvpl_ROOT}/lib -lnvpl_rand_mt

CMake Usage

The NVPL package provides configuration files that simplify using NVPL RAND in CMake projects.

  1. Ensure nvpl_ROOT is set to the install location. This may be an environment variable or passed to cmake during the configuration (see CMake: Config Mode Search Procedure).

  2. To find the NVPL package use:

find_package(nvpl REQUIRED COMPONENTS rand)

  1. Link your target to NVPL RAND library:

# NVPL RAND
target_link_libraries(your_target PUBLIC nvpl::rand)
# or for NVPL RAND MT
target_link_libraries(your_target PUBLIC nvpl::rand_mt)