How to enable OpenMP on macOS (clang)
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 10.7k
- Forks
- 1.9k
- Avg merge
- 1d 4h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 5
Description
How to enable OpenMP on macOS (clang)?
- Node Version:
node v20.12.2, npm 10.5.0 - Platform:
Darwin MacBook-Pro.local 23.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.5.0: Wed May 1 20:12:58 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.121.3~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64 - Compiler:
cc -v
Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin23.5.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
- Module: Any with OpenMP
Working example:
export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Xpreprocessor -fopenmp"
node-gyp rebuild
How to specify CPPFLAGS in binding.gyp config?
More info: https://open-box.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/openmp_macos.html
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the binding.gyp configuration and the working CPPFLAGS example in the issue, then run node-gyp rebuild using the reported Apple clang environment. Confirm how the flags should be represented in binding.gyp and document the resulting macOS OpenMP setup.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, node.js
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100