C/C++ libraries for Windows

Compiling your program on Windows is often a nightmare when it includes external libraries. Since I have spent some time at sorting out this problem, I thought it would be useful to share here the compiled versions of some common libraries.

Just unzip the archives in a folder, and, in your program, add the “include” directory and link to the relevant libraries in the “lib” directory. Note that you generally need to use the same compiler as the one that I used to generate the files below.

Boost binaries

http://www.boost.org/

Boost 1.70
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 64 bits)
  boost_1_70_msvc2017_64.zip (274 MB)
Boost 1.69
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 64 bits)
  boost_1_69_msvc2017_64.zip (274 MB)
Boost 1.68
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 64 bits)
  boost_1_68_msvc2017_64.zip (264 MB)
Boost 1.67
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 64 bits)
  boost_1_67_msvc2017_64.zip (264 MB)
Boost 1.66
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 64 bits)
  boost_1_66_msvc2017_64.zip (254 MB)
Boost 1.65
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 64 bits)
  boost_1_65_msvc2017_64.zip (254 MB)
Boost 1.64
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 64 bits)
  boost_1_64_msvc2015_64.zip (347 MB)
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 32 bits)
  boost_1_64_msvc2015_32.zip (308 MB)
Boost 1.60
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 64 bits)
  boost_1_60_msvc2015_64.zip (362 MB)
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 32 bits)
  boost_1_60_msvc2015_32.zip (312 MB)

GNU Scientific Library binaries

http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/

GSL 2.4
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 64 bits)
  gsl_2_4_msvc2015_64_r1.zip (7.8 MB)
GSL 2.2
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 64 bits)
  gsl_2_2_msvc2017_64.zip (7.7 MB)
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 64 bits)
  gsl_2_2_msvc2015_64.zip (7.8 MB)
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 32 bits)
  gsl_2_2_msvc2015_32.zip (7.2 MB)
GSL 2.1
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 32 bits)
  gsl_2_1_msvc2015_32.zip (1.6 MB)
GSL 1.16
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 64 bits)
  gsl_1_16_msvc2015_64.zip (5.5 MB)
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 32 bits)
  gsl_1_16_msvc2015_32.zip (5.1 MB)

libtiff binaries

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/libtiff.html

libtiff 4.0.7
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 64 bits), with zlib support
  libtiff_4_0_7_msvc2015_64.zip (145 KB)

zlib binaries

http://www.zlib.net/

zlib 1.2.11
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 64 bits)
  zlib_1_2_11_msvc2015_64.zip (140 KB)
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2017 (Release, 32 bits)
  zlib_1_2_11_msvc2015_32.zip (119 KB)
zlib 1.2.8
- For Visual Studio Community MSVC 2015 (Release, 64 bits)
  zlib_1_2_8_msvc2015_64.zip (133 KB)

Last update: 2020-09-15