How to compile CGAL from source on Windows 64-bit machine

CMake installation

Download CMake from this link. In this tutorial, we install the latest version cmake-3.9.3-win64-x64.msi. Click Next Click Agree and add CMake to the system Select PATH for all users Click Next Click Next Click Install Click Finish

Then start the installation process

Then we wait for the installation to complete

Qt5 installation

Download and execute qt-opensource-windows-x86-5.9.1.exe from [link] .

Install and configure Boost

Install

Download from this URL. In this tutorial we use the version of 1.65.1. To save time, please download boost_1_65_1-msvc-14.1-64.exe since it’s much faster. During installation, click Next and start the Installation progress. Finish with clicking Finish.

Configuration

Let’s set environment variables.

Right-click on Windows mark → System → Advanced system settings → Click New (N) in Advanced tab, then click Add environment variables. (Example: BOOST_INCLUDEDIR) Also, add to the already existing PATH . To do this, select the variable Path and click Edit. Insert and add to the back of an already existing variable . When everything is finished, press OK to finish. Even if you make a mistake, do not delete the contents of the existing Path.

Fill in the following lines

BOOST_LIBRARYDIR=C:\local\boost_1_65_1\lib64-msvc-14.1
BOOST_INCLUDEDIR=C:\local\boost_1_65_1

C:\local\boost_1_65_1\lib64-msvc-14.1

CGAL installation

CGAL download and installation

https://www.cgal.org/download.html

https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/releases

Download and execute CGAL-4.11-Setup.exe. Next Agree Personally, I also want HTML Manual, so check all and click Next. Select 64bit. Make the directory C: \ local \ the same as Boost. (Somehow) I made it all users. The others are not changed. Once complete, Next Downloading is complete, so compile with CMake. This came out. In my environment, gmp was not included in the environment variable, so I will set it later.

C:\local\CGAL-4.11

Configuration

Let Source code be and Build the binaries be. Press Configure.

C:/local/CGAL-4.11

C:/local/CGAL-4.11/build

Here, select Visual studio 15 2017 Win64 and click Finish.

t turns red, but it is not an error because it is DONE. Click Generate.

Since CGAL.sln appears in C: \ local \ CGAL-4.11 \ build, it opens with VS2017. Among these, build ALL_BUILD only. Output such as (Rebuild only the project) is output.

When this is complete, add “C: \ local \ CGAL-4.11 \ build \ bin” and “C: \ local \ CGAL-4.11 \ auxiliary \ gmp \ lib” to environment variable “Path”. Move to the environment variable setting screen in the same way as before, and click Edit for Path. When you click New, the input field blinks, so add the above two environment variables to it. ※ Do not delete variables that already exist! !

Test building

Configuration

Create new → Project → win32 Console application

※ Make an empty project. Not precompiled

From the project settings , add to the include directory . Add to library directory . Add to the dependent library directory . These make it possible to refer to and execute all functions without intellisense errors.

C:\local\CGAL\auxiliary\gmp\include
C:\local\boost_1_64_0
C:\local\CGAL\build\include
C:\local\CGAL\include
C:\local\CGAL\auxiliary\gmp\lib
C:\local\boost_1_64_0\libs
C:\local\CGAL\build\lib

libgmp-10.lib
libmpfr-4.lib
kernel32.lib
user32.lib

CGAL_Core-vc140-mt-gd-4.13.1.lib
CGAL_ImageIO-vc140-mt-gd-4.13.1.lib
CGAL-vc140-mt-gd-4.13.1.lib

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Youtube video

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Google Doc version of this Tutorial

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Quick copy and paste

CMake: https://cmake.org/downCQCload/
Qt5: https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.9/5.9.1/
Boost: https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/
CGAL: https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/releases

• C/C++:

C:\local\CGAL\auxiliary\gmp\include
C:\local\boost_1_64_0
C:\local\CGAL\build\include
C:\local\CGAL\include

• Linker/General:

C:\local\CGAL\auxiliary\gmp\lib
C:\local\boost_1_64_0\libs
C:\local\CGAL\build\lib

• Linker/Input:

libgmp-10.lib
libmpfr-4.lib
kernel32.lib
user32.lib
CGAL_Core-vc140-mt-gd-4.13.1.lib
CGAL_ImageIO-vc140-mt-gd-4.13.1.lib
CGAL-vc140-mt-gd-4.13.1.lib