compiling_Windows

Geogram compilation on Windows

git here use 64-bit Git for Windows Setup.
Tortoise git here optionnal, adds context menus to file browser, convenient
CMake here use cmake-xxxx-windows-x86_64.msi IMPORTANT: select "Add CMake to system path for all users"
Visual C++ here use community version

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/BrunoLevy/geogram.git (if you installed Tortoise git, right click in current folder, git clone, enter repository address, select recursive checkbox)
open Geogram folder
double click on configure.bat it should display a message that solution was generated If it is not the case, see Troubleshooting section below.
open Build/Windows/Geogram.sln in VisualStudio
set Release mode (default is Debug)
build solution

This will compile the geogram library as well as demo programs. Demo programs are generated in the Build\Release\bin subdirectory.

To get latest version of submodules, in a terminal (or using git shell here if you installed Tortoise git):

   git submodule update --recursive --remote

To compile additional exploragram library:

clone "https://github.com/BrunoLevy/exploragram.git" in geogram/src/lib/, then reconfigure and make

if nothing happens when you click on configure.bat, it may be because CMake was not added to the path.
To figure out what happens, open a shell, cd to the directory where geogram is install and start configure.bat from there, then you will be able to see error messages if any.