Introduction
This guide explains how to install OR-Tools for .Net on Windows.
Although these instructions might also work on other Windows variants, we have only tested them on machines meeting the following requirements:
Windows 10 64-bit (x86_64) with:
- Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2022
- Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 Preview 2 or above
Prerequisites
The following sections describe the prerequisites for installing OR-Tools.
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
You must have the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 (select the x64 version) installed on your computer, since OR-Tools library for .Net is a wrapper for the C++ native library.
.NET Core 3.1 SDK
You must install the package .NET Core 3.1 SDK version 3.1.100 or higher from the following location: sdk-3.1.425-windows-x64-installer
.Net 6.0 SDK
You must install the package .NET 6.0 SDK from the following location: sdk-6.0.403-windows-x64-installer
Installing OR-Tools
Take the following steps to install the OR-Tools library for .Net:
Download and extract the binary distribution for your system:
Validate your installation
To test your .Net installations, open a x64 Native Tools Command Prompt and navigate to the directory where you unpacked the binary distribution. Then enter the following command:
tools\make test
This runs a selection of examples for OR-Tools. If all the examples run successfully, you are ready to get started with OR-Tools.