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109752d44SJed Brown# libceed-sys: unsafe bindings to libCEED
209752d44SJed Brown
309752d44SJed BrownThis is the documentation for the low level (unsafe) Rust bindings to the libCEED C
413964f07SJed Browninterface. See the [libCEED user manual](https://libceed.org) for usage
509752d44SJed Browninformation. Note that most Rust users will prefer the higher level (safe) Rust
609752d44SJed Browninterface in the [`libceed` crate](https://docs.rs/libceed).
709752d44SJed Brown
809752d44SJed BrownlibCEED is a low-level API for for the efficient high-order discretization methods
909752d44SJed Browndeveloped by the ECP co-design Center for Efficient Exascale Discretizations (CEED).
1009752d44SJed BrownWhile our focus is on high-order finite elements, the approach is mostly algebraic
1109752d44SJed Brownand thus applicable to other discretizations in factored form.
1209752d44SJed Brown
1309752d44SJed Brown## Usage
1409752d44SJed Brown
1509752d44SJed BrownTo use low level libCEED bindings in a Rust package, the following `Cargo.toml`
1609752d44SJed Browncan be used.
1709752d44SJed Brown```toml
1809752d44SJed Brown[dependencies]
19*667e613fSJeremy L Thompsonlibceed-sys = "0.10.0"
2009752d44SJed Brown```
2109752d44SJed Brown
2209752d44SJed BrownFor a development version of the libCEED Rust bindings, use the following `Cargo.toml`.
2309752d44SJed Brown```toml
2409752d44SJed Brown[dependencies]
2509752d44SJed Brownlibceed-sys = { git = "https://github.com/CEED/libCEED", branch = "main" }
2609752d44SJed Brown```
2709752d44SJed Brown
2809752d44SJed BrownSupported features:
2909752d44SJed Brown* `static` (default): link to static libceed.a
3009752d44SJed Brown* `system`: use libceed from a system directory (otherwise, install from source)
3109752d44SJed Brown
3209752d44SJed Brown## Development
3309752d44SJed Brown
3409752d44SJed BrownTo develop libCEED, use `cargo build` in the `rust/libceed-sys` directory to
3509752d44SJed Browninstall a local copy and build the bindings.
3609752d44SJed Brown
3709752d44SJed BrownIf you need custom flags for the C project, we recommend using `make -C c-src
3809752d44SJed Brownconfigure` to cache arguments in `c-src/config.mk`. If that file exists during
3909752d44SJed Brown`cargo build` then edits will prompt recompilation of the bindings.
4009752d44SJed Brown
4109752d44SJed Brown### Shared libraries
4209752d44SJed BrownIf one is developing libCEED C source and testing multiple language bindings at
4309752d44SJed Brownonce, a few seconds can be cut out of the edit/compile/test loop by disabling
4409752d44SJed Brownthe `static` feature and using
4509752d44SJed Brown
4609752d44SJed Brown```bash
4709752d44SJed Brownexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CEED_DIR/lib
4809752d44SJed Brownexport PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$CEED_DIR/lib/pkgconfig
4909752d44SJed Brown```
5009752d44SJed Brown
5109752d44SJed Brown#### Without system
5209752d44SJed BrownIf you disable the `static` feature and are not using a system version from a
5309752d44SJed Brownstandard path/somewhere that can be found by pkg-config, then you'll need to set
5409752d44SJed Brown`LD_LIBRARY_PATH` to the appropriate target directory for doctests to be able to
5509752d44SJed Brownfind it. This might look like
5609752d44SJed Brown
5709752d44SJed Brown```bash
5809752d44SJed Brownexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CEED_DIR/target/debug/build/libceed-sys-d1ea22c6e1ad3f23/out/lib
5909752d44SJed Brown```
6009752d44SJed Brown
6109752d44SJed Brownwhere the precise hash value is printed during `cargo build --verbose` or you
6209752d44SJed Browncan find it with `find target -name libceed.so`. This mode of development is
6309752d44SJed Brownmore fragile than the default (which uses static libraries).
6409752d44SJed Brown
6509752d44SJed BrownNote that the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` workarounds will become unnecessary if [this
6609752d44SJed Brownissue](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/1592) is resolved -- it's
6709752d44SJed Browncurrently closed, but the problem still exists.
6809752d44SJed Brown
6909752d44SJed Brown## License: BSD-2-Clause
7009752d44SJed Brown
7109752d44SJed Brown## Contributing
7209752d44SJed Brown
7309752d44SJed BrownThe `libceed-sys` crate is developed within the [libCEED
7409752d44SJed Brownrepository](https://github.com/CEED/libCEED). See the [contributing
7513964f07SJed Brownguidelines](https://libceed.org/en/latest/CONTRIBUTING/) for details.
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