flexiblas_get_version(3)

💖 flexiblas_get_version(3) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this page lives in The FlexiBLAS Library manual, and the header on it says flexiblas_get_version(3) — but the star of the show inside is literally flexiblas_avail, iykyk. anyway. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's talk about checking whether FlexiBLAS is even there.

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✨ NAME ✨

flexiblas_avail — no cap, this is the "are you there bestie?" check for FlexiBLAS in the current namespace.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <flexiblas/flexiblas_api.h>

int flexiblas_avail();

and when you link it, link with -lflexiblas or -lflexiblas_api. pick your fighter 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so flexiblas_avail returns true if FlexiBLAS is available in the current shared library namespace, and false if it's not. that's the whole vibe.

the way this slaps is: you can use it to check whether the BLAS library actually in use is FlexiBLAS or not — specifically in an update-alternative environment. so even if the BLAS implementation got switched around by update-alternative, you can still write applications that use FlexiBLAS features and just, like, ask first. main character energy: verify, then flex. 👑

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💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

• True (!=0) — FlexiBLAS is available, periodt. 🎀
• False (=0) — nope, not available. 😭

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🌈 ERRORS 🌈

literally none. no errors occur. not a single one. flawless behavior fr fr. ✨

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🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

the current info about the developers and about reporting bugs lives on the FlexiBLAS homepage, so go look there:

FlexiBLAS Homepage: <http://www.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de/projects/flexiblas>

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Martin Koehler, Jens Saak

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2013-2025 Martin Koehler

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💅 LICENSE 💅

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

no warranty bestie, that's the deal, don't come for me 🫶

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — signed off from the M. Koehler corner of the group chat, dated 2013-2025, filed under flexiblas_get_version(3) because that's what the footer said and we respect the footer. 🧚‍♀️