1Installation Instructions for Windows 2************************************* 3 4If you are compiling for MinGW or cygwin, please refer to the INSTALL file, 5which is automatically generated by autotools (e.g. running bootstrap.sh). 6 7If you are using Microsoft Visual Studio: 8- Using Visual Studio 2022, open /msvc/libusb.sln 9- If you want to debug the library, uncomment the ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING define 10 in msvc/config.h 11- Select your configuration and compile the project. 12- To target a specific toolset (previous version of Visual Studio), either 13 edit PlatformToolset in /msvc/Configuration.Base.props, or supply the value 14 to msbuild on the command line. 15- For example, to build for VS2015 (from a different version): 16 msbuild -p:PlatformToolset=v140,Platform=x64,Configuration=Release libusb.sln 17 18Installing and building libusb via vcpkg 19**************************************** 20 21You can download and install libusb using the vcpkg dependency manager: 22 23 git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git 24 cd vcpkg 25 ./bootstrap-vcpkg.bat 26 ./vcpkg integrate install 27 vcpkg install libusb 28 29The libusb port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and 30community contributors. If the version is out of date, please create an issue 31or pull request (https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository. 32 33Destination directories 34*********************** 35 36The binaries are located at: 37/build/<PlatformToolset>/<Platform>/<Configuration>/(lib|dll)/libusb-1.0.(lib|dll) 38For example: /build/v143/x64/Release/dll/libusb-1.0.dll 39 40Troubleshooting 41*************** 42 43If the compilation process complains about missing libraries, ensure that the 44default library paths for your project points to the relevant directories. 45If needed, these libraries can be obtained by installing the latest Windows 46SDK. 47 48Links 49***** 50 51Additional information related to the Windows backend: 52 http://windows.libusb.info 53