ADMB Quick Start Windows from Zip

ADMB-12.3
Released March 7, 2021

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

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Debugging — To use admb with a debugger for testing, read BuildingSourceVisualStudio to build with debug symbols. Since using the debug libraries will result in slower runs, it is only recommended for troubleshooting and debugging code.

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-12.3-windows.zip.

2. Install

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

3. Use ADMB

   Change to simple example directory.

   C:\> cd \admb-12.3\examples\admb\simple
   

   Build simple example.

   C:\admb-12.3\examples\admb\simple> C:\admb-12.3\admb simple.tpl
   

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

   Run simple example.

   C:\admb-12.3\examples\admb\simple> simple.exe
   

   Read manuals for more information.

4. Optional — Configure PATH

   Add the ADMB directories C:\admb-12.3\bin and C:\admb-12.3\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.