To generate code that can be run by MATLAB, you need the MATLAB Coder. The codegen
command will generate the executables that can be run in MATLAB. Loren of MathWorks has a nice blog post on the product.
Here is an example of how to use codegen
to create a MEX function from MATLAB code.
One big caveat is that with MATLAB Coder, the complete functionality of MATLAB is not yet available for compilation. This is because the generated binaries do not require the MATLAB Compiler Runtime (MCR), which is essentially a headless MATLAB virtual machine. Instead MATLAB Coder generates C code that is truly standalone, but the code generation is somewhat limited as a result. Here is a description of the subset of functionality, and here are complete lists of functions supported. Most toolkit functions appear to be supported according to the categorical list.
If the required functions are not supported, then it will be necessary to use the Compiler to generate standalone libraries and roll your own MEX interface to those libraries, as MrAzzaman indicated. Another possibilities is to use the loadlibrary
function to directly load the Compiler-generate libraries, although I have never tried this last option. If you can't successfully interface with these libraries back in MATLAB, the MATLAB compiler can of course be used to generate a standalone executable. The deploytool
simplifies the process of packaging the code and its dependencies.