LLVM Utils
LLVM for Visual Studio 2017, 2019 and 2022
Installation
Please download and install LLVM from https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases or https://releases.llvm.org/.
VS2017\install.bat can be used to install MSBuild script for Visual Studio 2017, 2019 and 2022. (may require Administrator privilege. In Windows 8 or later, you can quickly open an elevated PowerShell prompt by File -> Open Windows PowerShell -> Open PowerShell as Administrator).
Visual Studio 2022
The Platform Toolset is "LLVM for Visual Studio 2022 (LLVM_v143)", "LLVM for Visual Studio 2019 (LLVM_v142)", "LLVM for Visual Studio 2017 (LLVM_v141)" and "LLVM for Visual Studio 2017 - Windows XP (LLVM_v141_xp)".
Assume VS_PATH is your Visual Studio 2020 installation path (e.g: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community), please manually copy folders under VS2017 to their target paths.
| Folder | Target Path |
|---|---|
VS2017\LLVM |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v143 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v143 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v143 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Platforms\ARM64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v143 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\Platforms\ARM\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v142 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v142 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v142 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Platforms\ARM64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v142 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Platforms\ARM\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141_xp |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141_xp |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\ARM64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\ARM\PlatformToolsets\ |
Visual Studio 2019
The Platform Toolset is "LLVM for Visual Studio 2019 (LLVM_v142)", "LLVM for Visual Studio 2017 (LLVM_v141)" and "LLVM for Visual Studio 2017 - Windows XP (LLVM_v141_xp)".
Assume VS_PATH is your Visual Studio 2019 installation path (e.g: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community), please manually copy folders under VS2017 to their target paths.
| Folder | Target Path |
|---|---|
VS2017\LLVM |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v142 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v142 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v142 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Platforms\ARM64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v142 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Platforms\ARM\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141_xp |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141_xp |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\ARM64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v150\Platforms\ARM\PlatformToolsets\ |
Visual Studio 2017
The Platform Toolset is "LLVM for Visual Studio 2017 (LLVM_v141)" and "LLVM for Visual Studio 2017 - Windows XP (LLVM_v141_xp)".
Assume VS_PATH is your Visual Studio 2017 installation path (e.g: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community), please manually copy folders under VS2017 to their target paths.
| Folder | Target Path |
|---|---|
VS2017\LLVM |
%VS_PATH%\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141_xp |
%VS_PATH%\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141_xp |
%VS_PATH%\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\ARM64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2017\LLVM_v141 |
%VS_PATH%\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\ARM\PlatformToolsets\ |
LLVM for Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015
Assume MB_PATH is the MSBuild path for Visual C++ (e.g.: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0 or C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0), please manually copy VS2017\LLVM and related folders under VS2015 to their target paths.
VS2015\install.bat (based on install script for LLVM 6.0.1) can be used to install MSBuild script for Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015.
Visual Studio 2015
The Platform Toolset is "LLVM for Visual Studio 2015 (LLVM_v140)" and "LLVM for Visual Studio 2015 - Windows XP (LLVM_v140_xp)".
| Folder | Target Path |
|---|---|
VS2017\LLVM |
%MB_PATH%\V140\ |
VS2015\LLVM_v140 |
%MB_PATH%\V140\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\LLVM_v140_xp |
%MB_PATH%\V140\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\LLVM_v140 |
%MB_PATH%\V140\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\LLVM_v140_xp |
%MB_PATH%\V140\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
Visual Studio 2013
The Platform Toolset is "LLVM for Visual Studio 2013 (LLVM_v120)" and "LLVM for Visual Studio 2013 - Windows XP (LLVM_v120_xp)".
| Folder | Target Path |
|---|---|
VS2017\LLVM |
%MB_PATH%\v120\ |
VS2015\LLVM_v120 |
%MB_PATH%\v120\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\LLVM_v120_xp |
%MB_PATH%\v120\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\LLVM_v120 |
%MB_PATH%\v120\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\LLVM_v120_xp |
%MB_PATH%\v120\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
Visual Studio 2012
The Platform Toolset is "LLVM for Visual Studio 2012 (LLVM_v110)" and "LLVM for Visual Studio 2012 - Windows XP (LLVM_v110_xp)".
| Folder | Target Path |
|---|---|
VS2017\LLVM |
%MB_PATH%\v110\ |
VS2015\x64\LLVM_v110 |
%MB_PATH%\v110\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\x64\LLVM_v110_xp |
%MB_PATH%\v110\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\Win32\LLVM_v110 |
%MB_PATH%\v110\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\Win32\LLVM_v110_xp |
%MB_PATH%\v110\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
Visual Studio 2010
The Platform Toolset is "LLVM for Visual Studio 2010 (LLVM_v100)" and "LLVM for Visual Studio 2008 (LLVM_v90)".
| Folder | Target Path |
|---|---|
VS2017\LLVM |
%MB_PATH%\ |
VS2015\x64\LLVM_v100 |
%MB_PATH%\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\x64\LLVM_v90 |
%MB_PATH%\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\Win32\LLVM_v100 |
%MB_PATH%\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
VS2015\Win32\LLVM_v90 |
%MB_PATH%\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\ |
Install to AppVeyor or GitHub Actions Build Image
Install LLVM on the build image
curl -fsSL -o "LLVM-16.0.4-win64.exe" "https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-16.0.4/LLVM-16.0.4-win64.exe"
LLVM-16.0.4-win64.exe /S
Install from release archives
| Archive Name | Visual Studio Version |
|---|---|
| LLVM_VS2017.zip | 2017, 2019 and 2022 |
| LLVM_VS2010_2015.zip | 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015 |
| LLVM_VS2015.zip | 2015 |
| LLVM_VS2013.zip | 2013 |
| LLVM_VS2012.zip | 2012 |
| LLVM_VS2010.zip | 2010 |
Examples:
curl -fsSL -o "LLVM_VS2017.zip" "https://github.com/zufuliu/llvm-utils/releases/download/v23.05/LLVM_VS2017.zip"
7z x -y "LLVM_VS2017.zip" >NUL
CALL "LLVM_VS2017\install.bat" 1
curl -fsSL -o "LLVM_VS2010_2015.zip" "https://github.com/zufuliu/llvm-utils/releases/download/v23.05/LLVM_VS2010_2015.zip"
7z x -y "LLVM_VS2010_2015.zip" >NUL
CALL "LLVM_VS2010_2015\install.bat" 1
Install from latest main source code
curl -fsSL -o "llvm-utils-main.zip" "https://github.com/zufuliu/llvm-utils/archive/main.zip"
7z x -y "llvm-utils-main.zip" >NUL
CALL "llvm-utils-main\VS2017\install.bat" 1
CALL "llvm-utils-main\VS2015\install.bat" 1
or
git clone -q --depth=1 --branch=main https://github.com/zufuliu/llvm-utils.git c:\projects\llvm-utils
CALL "c:\projects\llvm-utils\VS2017\install.bat" 1
CALL "c:\projects\llvm-utils\VS2015\install.bat" 1
clang-cl for Python 3 distutils
See clang\clang-cl-py3.diff for the changes on hwo to use clang-cl as distutils compiler.
After apply these changes, you can build your extension with
python setup.py build --compiler=clang-cl
LLVM Windows Symbolic Link Maker
The huge size of LLVM Windows installation can be reduced dramatically by using Windows symbolic link (see mklink command.
Usage
Just copy llvm\llvm-link.bat to LLVM installation path (e.g.: C:\Program Files\LLVM\), and run it (may require Administrator privilege).
Related Links
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LLVM Extensions for Visual Studio 2017 in Visual Studio Marketplace, not works for Visual Studio 2019 alone.
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Original source for MSBuild
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/tree/main/llvm/tools/msbuild
svn co https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/trunk/llvm/tools/msbuild msbuild
svn co https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/tools/msbuild msbuild
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Outdated LLVM for Visual Studio 2017 by @WubbaLubba
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Failed to find MSBuild toolsets directory in LLVM Bugzilla