ADMB Project

ADMB-11.5pre
Released December 1, 2015

ADMB source build and usage procedures for Windows.

For Windows computers with Visual C++ compiler already installed, read and follow the instuctions in QuickStart for Visual C++.

For builds within Cygwin and MinGW-Msys shells, read and follow the instructions in the QuickStart for Unix.

Prerequisites

The following programs are required to be installed on the local computer.

Download ADMB

Download source distribution admb-11.5pre-src.zip.

Double click downloaded zip file and copy admb directory to the Local Drive (C:\>).

Alternative — Use Git client (see command below) to download directly from ADMB version control repository.
```
C:\> git clone https://github.com/admb-project/admb.git
```
This will download latest admb source repository to C:\admb\>.
Build ADMB source

Open Command Prompt window.

Change to admb directory.
```
C:\> cd admb
```
To build with MinGW C++ compiler, use the command below.
```
C:\admb\> utilities\make
```
If debug symbols are needed, use the command below.
```
C:\admb\> utilities\make debug
```
To build with MinGW C++ compiler and Msys , use the command below.
```
C:\admb\> make
```
To build 64 bit with Rtools, use the command below.

Note — The outdated make utility from Rtools is incompatible with ADMB build files.
```
C:\admb\> utilities\make CXXFLAGS=-m64 LDFLAGS=-m64
```
Note — When the build is completed, C:\admb\build\dist\> is the binary distribution directory.
Use ADMB

In the Command Prompt window, use the steps below to build and run the simple example.

Change to simple example directory.
```
   C:\admb\> cd examples\admb\simple
```
Build simple example.
```
   C:\admb\examples\admb\simple\> C:\admb\admb simple.tpl
```
Run simple example.
```
   C:\admb\examples\admb\simple\> simple.exe
```
Read manuals for more information.

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

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