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.


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. OptionalConfigure 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.


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