Error while compiling a project which includes CPLEX tool - c++

Question

I am working on the project which has to include the CPLEX tool at some point.
More in detail, I have the following classes implemented
(i.e. the corresponding files): Random.cpp, Instance.cpp, Timer.cpp. Solution.cpp which are included into Hybrid_ea.cpp which also have to include cplex library.
Finally, the project has been executed by running Algorithm.cpp (the main() function defined here).
I want to run the project on Linux platform, creating Makefile which looks like:
TARGET = Algorithm
CXXFLAGS = -ansi -O3
GENOBJS = Random.o
#CPLOBJS = Timer.o Random.o Instance.o Hybrid_ea.o
GREOBJS = Timer.o Random.o Instance.o Solution.o Hybrid_ea.o
SYSTEM = x86-64_linux
LIBFORMAT = static_pic
CPLEXDIR = /home/root/Desktop/projects/software/cplex-12.5/cplex
CONCERTDIR = /home/root/Desktop/projects/software/cplex-12.5/concert
CCC = g++
CCOPT = -m64 -O -fPIC -fexceptions -DNDEBUG -DIL_STD -std=c++11 -fpermissive -w
CPLEXBINDIR = $(CPLEXDIR)/bin/$(BINDIST)
CPLEXLIBDIR = $(CPLEXDIR)/lib/$(SYSTEM)/$(LIBFORMAT)
CONCERTLIBDIR = $(CONCERTDIR)/lib/$(SYSTEM)/$(LIBFORMAT)
CCLNFLAGS = -L$(CPLEXLIBDIR) -lilocplex -lcplex -L$(CONCERTLIBDIR) -lconcert -lm -pthread
CLNFLAGS = -L$(CPLEXLIBDIR) -lcplex -lm -pthread
CONCERTINCDIR = $(CONCERTDIR)/include
CPLEXINCDIR = $(CPLEXDIR)/include
CCFLAGS = $(CCOPT) -I$(CPLEXINCDIR) -I$(CONCERTINCDIR)
all: ${TARGET}
Algorithm: Algorithm.o $(GREOBJS)
$(CCC) $(CCFLAGS) Algorithm.o $(GREOBJS) -o Algorithm $(CCLNFLAGS)
Algorithm.o: Algorithm.cpp
$(CCC) -c $(CCFLAGS) Algorithm.cpp -o Algorithm.o
clean:
#rm -f *~ *.o ${TARGET} core
The linking process is somehow wrong. I checked, my CPLEX version is the right one since the others, simpler projects can be executed;
The full output given when trying to compile the project:
g++ -c -m64 -O -fPIC -fexceptions -DNDEBUG -DIL_STD -std=c++11 -fpermissive -w -I/home/root/Desktop/projects/LCAPS_software/cplex-12.5/cplex/include -I/home/root/Desktop/projects/LCAPS_software/cplex-12.5/concert/include Algorithm.cpp -o Algorithm.o
g++ -ansi -O3 -c -o Timer.o Timer.cc
g++ -ansi -O3 -c -o Random.o Random.cc
g++ -ansi -O3 -c -o Instance.o Instance.cpp
g++ -ansi -O3 -c -o Solution.o Solution.cpp
g++ -ansi -O3 -c -o hybrid_ea.o hybrid_ea.cpp
In file included from hybrid_ea.cpp:22:0:
hybrid_ea.h:39:10: fatal error: ilcplex/ilocplex.h: No such file or directory
#include <ilcplex/ilocplex.h>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
<builtin>: recipe for target 'hybrid_ea.o' failed
make: *** [hybrid_ea.o] Error 1
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Only the file Algorithm.cpp is compiled with appropriate options for finding the CPLEX include files:
-I/home/root/Desktop/projects/LCAPS_software/cplex-12.5/cplex/include
-I/home/root/Desktop/projects/LCAPS_software/cplex-12.5/concert/include
As hybrid_ea.h also tries to include some CPLEX header files, the compilation of hybrid_ea.cpp should also have the options above.
If the makefile that you posted in your question is complete, then I suspect that the issue is the following: you didn't define a specific command to compile any .cc or .cpp file, except for Algorithm.cpp. Therefore, all other files are compiled using a default command g++ -ansi -O3 -c -o [file].o [file].cpp. And this default command doesn't have the include directives for the location of the CPLEX libraries.
As explained in ftp://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/make-3.79.1/html_chapter/make_10.html, these files are compiled using make's implicit rules. The implicit rule for C++ files is to use $(CXX) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS). Notice how this rule uses CPPFLAGS and CXXFLAGS rather than the variable CCFLAGS that you defined at the end of your makefile to include the proper include directives.
So changing the end of your makefile to the following should work:
CPPFLAGS = $(CCOPT) -I$(CPLEXINCDIR) -I$(CONCERTINCDIR)
all: ${TARGET}
Algorithm: Algorithm.o $(GREOBJS)
$(CCC) $(CCFLAGS) Algorithm.o $(GREOBJS) -o Algorithm $(CCLNFLAGS)
clean:
#rm -f *~ *.o ${TARGET} core
Once you define the variable CPPFLAGS, it will be used automatically to compile any .cpp file that you have in your project.