Building ADMB Source using Windows and Visual Studio

ADMB-12.3
Released March 7, 2021

Describe building ADMB from source for Windows and Visual C++ compilers.

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Prerequisites

• Visual Studio C++ is installed on the local computer.

Building Source

1. Download

   Download source distribution admb-12.3-src.zip.

   Double click downloaded zip file and extract admb directory to C:\admb-12.3\>.

2. Build

   Open Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt window

   • For Visual C++ 2015, Double click Developer Command Prompt for VS2015 in Visual Studio Tools.

   • For Visual C++ 2017, Double click Developer Command Prompt for VS2017 in Visual Studio Tools.

   • For Visual C++ 2019, Double click Developer Command Prompt for VS2019 in Visual Studio Tools.

   In the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt window, use the steps below to build ADMB.

   Change to admb directory.

   C:\> cd admb-12.3
   

   To build ADMB, use the command below.

   C:\admb-12.3\> nmake
   

   To build ADMB for debugging, use the command below.

   C:\admb-12.3\> nmake DEBUG=yes
   

3. Test

   In the Developer Command Prompt window, use the steps below to build and run the examples.

   Build examples

   C:\admb-12.3\> cd examples
   C:\admb-12.3\examples\> nmake all
   

   Read manuals for more information.

Help

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