How to install TBB from source on Linux and make it work

c++, compilation, installation, linux, tbb

Solution

I have come with the solution. I'll post it here so it will help others with this topic.

Download the latest stable source code and uncompress it, i.e in `~/tbbsrc`

Inside, type `make`. It should start compiling the tbb library and the memory allocators.

The headers are in `~/tbbsrc/include`

Inside `~/tbbsrc/build` will be two new folders, one for the release version and the other for the debug version. Those folders are named like `architecture_ldVersion_g++Version_kernelVersion`.

I recommend setting some variables, for example in your `~/.bashrc` file, like:

TBB_INSTALL_DIR = $HOME/tbbsrc
TBB_INCLUDE = $TBB_INSTALL_DIR/include
TBB_LIBRARY_RELEASE = $TBB_INSTALL_DIR/build/RELEASE_FOLDER
TBB_LIBRARY_DEBUG = $TBB_INSTALL_DIR/build/DEBUG_FOLDER

- Let's try a simple example:

// main.cpp
#include "tbb/task_scheduler_init.h"

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    // tbb::task_scheduler_init init(tbb::task_scheduler_init::automatic);
    // implicit tbb::task_sheduler_init::automatic
    tbb::task_scheduler_init init;
    return 0;
}

- To compile, for example, with the release version:

g++ main.cpp -I$TBB_INCLUDE -Wl,-rpath,$TBB_LIBRARY_RELEASE -L$TBB_LIBRARY_RELEASE -ltbb

Note: with `-Wl,-rpath,$TBB_LIBRARY_RELEASE`, we are telling the dynamic linker where to find `libtbb.so`

- And that should work fine!

Best regards!

Installation for Apple clang 5.1: [thanks to rwols for the info]

Instead of typing `make`, type `make compiler=clang` or `make compiler=clang stdlib=libc++`

Problem

I would like to know how to install TBB from source and make it work on a Linux system. I have had some problems when it comes using it, problems that don't appear if I install TBB via the package manager. In the TBB webpage, there are some guidelines on how about to do this, like setting the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` and `CPATH` variables, or sourcing the `tbbvars.sh` file. Even if I do that, when I try to compile an example `g++` says that `tbb` is not found. So my question is, is there an easy way to setup everything (compile the source code, what variables should I set...) in order to use TBB? Thanks. NOTE: The library version number when this question was asked was 2 (if I recall correctly). I have personally tested the solution up to version 4.1, but I think it should work too for current version `4.2 (update 3)` since the building method remains the same.

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