How to build GSL 1.15 on Visual Studio Express 2012

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1. Download GSL 1.15 sources

• Download GSL 1.15 sources archive file
• Extract the archive into a directory, let's say, 'GSL root'

2. Download Visual Studio 2010 GSL files

• Download GSL Visual Studio 2010 Solution zip file
• Extract the zip file into the 'GSL root'

Follow the instructions in 'GSL root'/build.vc10/gsl.vc10.readme file. For static library build,

3. Open Visual Studio solution file 'GSL root'/build.vc10/gsl.lib.sln in Visual Studio 2012 Express

• On 'VC++ compiler and library update' prompts, Click 'Update'
• Build 'gslhdrs' project. There'll be no build errors.
• Open Command Prompt window, and change directory to 'GSL root'/build.vc10/gslhdrs
• Run 'build arch'/'build mode'/gslhdrs.exe, where 'build arch' is either win32 or x64, 'build mode' is either Debug or Release.
• Build 'cblaslib' project. There'll be no build errors.
• Build 'gslib' project. Compiler may complaints with error 'illegal initialization' on rk4imp.c
• Edit the source as follows. Replace the original source

        const double c[] = { (3 - sqrt (3)) / 6, (3 + sqrt (3)) / 6 };

        with

        const double c[] = { (3 - M_SQRT3) / 6, (3 + M_SQRT3) / 6 };

• Build 'gslib' project again. Compiler also returns an error on bspline.c, which caused by a #if block before a declaration block.
• Edit the source as follows. Replace the original source

    double

    gsl_bspline_greville_abscissa(size_t i, gsl_bspline_workspace *w)

    {

    #if GSL_RANGE_CHECK

      if (GSL_RANGE_COND(i >= gsl_bspline_ncoeffs(w)))

        {

          GSL_ERROR_VAL ("Greville abscissa index out of range", GSL_EINVAL, 0);

        }

    #endif

      const size_t stride = w->knots->stride;

      size_t km1 = w->km1;

      double * data = w->knots->data + (i+1)*stride;

with

    double

    gsl_bspline_greville_abscissa(size_t i, gsl_bspline_workspace *w)

    {

      const size_t stride = w->knots->stride;

      size_t km1;

      double * data;

    #if GSL_RANGE_CHECK

      if (GSL_RANGE_COND(i >= gsl_bspline_ncoeffs(w)))

        {

          GSL_ERROR_VAL ("Greville abscissa index out of range", GSL_EINVAL, 0);

        }

    #endif

      //const size_t stride = w->knots->stride;

      //size_t km1 = w->km1;

      //double * data = w->knots->data + (i+1)*stride;

      km1 = w->km1;

      data = w->knots->data + (i+1)*stride;

• Rebuild 'gsllib', then there'll be no build errors.
• All done.