You can download plugins skeletons here .

Following is a Makefile that compiles a plug-in :

 
 # Update the line below according to the tulip installation directory you choosed
TULIP_DIR=/usr/local/bin  
TULIP_CONFIG=$(TULIP_DIR)/tulip-config
TULIP_VERSION=$(shell ${TULIP_CONFIG} --version)
LIB_EXTENSION=$(shell ${TULIP_CONFIG} --pluginextension)

# To limit, crash problems when loading a plugin library
# Tulip only load those whose names end with a compatible version number
TARGET= libmyalgorithm-$(TULIP_VERSION).$(LIB_EXTENSION)

# a plugin library may contain more than one algorithm
# so you can have several source files on the line below
SRCS = MyGeneralAlgorithm.cpp

CXX=g++
CXXFLAGS = -O3 -Wall -DNDEBUG `${TULIP_CONFIG} --cxxflags --plugincxxflags`
LDFLAGS=  `${TULIP_CONFIG} --pluginldflags` `${TULIP_CONFIG} --libs`

OBJS=$(SRCS:.cpp=.o)

DEPS=$(SRCS:.cpp=.d)

all: $(TARGET)

$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
	$(CXX) $(OBJS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) 

clean :
	-rm -f $(TARGET) *.o *.d

install: all
	install $(TARGET) `${TULIP_CONFIG} --pluginpath`

%.d: %.cpp
	$(CXX) -M $(CXXFLAGS) $< \
	| sed 's!\($*\)\.o[ :]*!\1.o $@ : !g' > $@; \
	 [ -s $@ ] 2>/dev/null || rm $@

-include $(DEPS)