[ODE] Problems compiling ODE under Windows

[Olivier Michel]

Hi Dave,

You don't need compile ODE on Windows because Webots already includes 
ODE functions. The Webots/lib directory includes the libode.a and 
ode.lib files necessary to link (with gcc or Visual C++) your shared 
library refering to the ODE functions embedded into Webots. All you need 
from ODE are the header files (which you get from the ODE distribution 
without need to compile it). Then, you will be able to use the ODE API 
in your shared library and it will use the ODE functions which lie in 
Webots. Try to compile the example provided in 
Webots/physics/sample/sample.c using the provided Makefile (you will 
probably have to set the path to the include path of ODE, or simply copy 
the ode/include/ode directory in Webots/include/ode). If you have any 
further questions about that, please follow up on the Webots-users 
mailing list, as it is probably more Webots specific than ODE specific.

-Olivier

david at ctac.es wrote:

>Hi! I'm trying to compile the ODE library under Windows to use it in Webots robot simulator, and I can't do it anyway. I've tried to follow the steps on the user guide, using make, but I can't get it. I know this is a little silly, but can you help me? Can you tell me which are the steps I have to follow?
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>Thanks to you all!
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>--Dave--
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