[FieldTrip] where to install FieldTrip so addpath is not needed

[Donald Krieger]

Dear Jan,

Thank you for posting back about this.
I used Matlab's "Get More Apps" to download and install Fieldtrip.
This placed it in directory ~/MATLAB\ Add-Ons where I presume other add-on apps will go and be found.
Now when I generate a deployable executable using Matlab's compiler, I need only add the fieldtrip functions I am using to "Files required for your application to run" to get a working executable. The Matlab compiler automatically finds all of the dependencies within the fieldtrip toolbox and adds them in. I think this is good as it likely will minimize the size of the executable which is needed for practical deployment to the Open Science Grid.

I did try ft_compile_standalone as directed by the webpage you suggested.
This failed on encountering the directory ~/MATLAB\ Add-Ons, I think because it contains a space in it.
I suspect that if I fix that, it will produce a runtime fieldtrip library which contains executable code for the entire toolbox.
I will likely check that out in the future.


Thank you again - Don

On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 03:35:54 PM EDT, Schoffelen, J.M. (Jan Mathijs) via fieldtrip <fieldtrip at science.ru.nl> wrote: 





Hi Don, 



Perhaps this piece of documentation can help you further along: https://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/faq/compiled/




Best wishes,

JM





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> On 27 Jul 2022, at 02:44, Donald Krieger via fieldtrip <fieldtrip at science.ru.nl> wrote:
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> I need to create a standalone executable in order to run my application on the Open Science Grid.
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> addpath is not allowed.
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> Where do I place the fieldtrip installation so that it is automatically found by matlab?
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> The matlab installation is at /media/matlab_2020a .
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> The matlab runtime library is at /media/matlabRuntime_2020a.
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> Thank you for your direction.
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> Don Krieger, Ph.D.
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> Department of Neurological Surgery
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