ADMB Quick Start Windows from Zip

ADMB-12.2
Released July 31, 2020

Describe downloading, installing and using ADMB from binary zip release for Windows.

Prerequisite — Installed a supported C++ compiler: Rtools 3.5, Rtools 4.0, Msys2 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019.

Quick Start

  1. Download

    Download admb-12.2-windows.zip.

    To test and debug admb programs using a debugger, download admb-12.2-windows-debug.zip with debugging symbols. Since using the debug libraries will result in slower runs, it is only recommended for troubleshooting and debugging code.

  2. Install

    Double click downloaded zip file and extract to C:\ADMB-12.2.

  3. Use ADMB

    Change to simple example directory.

    C:\> cd \ADMB-12.2\examples\admb\simple

    Build simple example.

    C:\ADMB-12.2\examples\admb\simple> C:\ADMB-12.2\admb simple.tpl

    Debug — Use the admb debug option -g for debugging.

    Run simple example.

    C:\ADMB-12.2\examples\admb\simple> simple.exe

    Read manuals for more information.

  4. Optional — Configure PATH

    Add the ADMB directories C:\ADMB-12.2\bin and C:\ADMB-12.2\utilities to the system enviroment PATH variable. This will allow admb to be used in every Windows Command Prompt.

AD Studio

Alternatively, install AD Studio, a dedicated environment for developing ADMB and TMB models. It uses the C++ compiler from Rtools and has especially good support for R, LaTeX, Markdown, GDB, and Git.

AD Studio 1.0 comes with ADMB 12.0, which is one version older than 12.1.

Help

For help and support, contact users@admb-project.org.

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