Tutorial for Windows

Requirements

• dlib
  • You need not to download dlib
  • dlib includes libjpeg, libpng and zlib
• CMake
  • 3.0 or higher
  • If you do not want to add CMake path to environment variable, you must type fullpath of CMake when build library.
• Visual Studio
  • Recommended 2017
• PowerShell Core
  • 6.2 or higher
• .NET Core 2.0
• (Optional for using CUDA) CUDA
• (Optional for using CUDA) cuDNN
  • Install it to CUDA_HOME directory
• (Optional for using MKL) Intel Math Kernel Library

Preparations

git clone https://github.com/takuya-takeuchi/DlibDotNet
cd DlibDotNet
Initialize.bat

How to build DlibDotNet.Native

Build

1. Open DlibDotNet\src\DlibDotNet.Native in command prompt
2. Type the following code in a console:

$ pwsh Build.ps1 <Release/Debug> <cpu/cuda/mkl> <32/64> <desktop/uwp> <optional: cuda version [92/100/101] or Install directory of Intel MKL>

• Install CUDA Toolkit and cuDNN if you want to use CUDA
• Install Intel Math Kernel Library if you want to use Intel MKL

3. Binary files will be in build_*\Release or build_*\Debug

How to build DlibDotNet.Native.Dnn

Build

1. Open DlibDotNet\src\DlibDotNet.Native.Dnn in command prompt
2. Type the following code in a console:

$ pwsh Build.ps1 <Release/Debug> <cpu/cuda/mkl> <32/64> <desktop/uwp> <optional: cuda version [92/100/101] or Install directory of Intel MKL>

• Install CUDA Toolkit and cuDNN if you want to use CUDA
• Install Intel Math Kernel Library

3. Binary files will be in build_*\Release or build_*\Debug

How to build DlibDotNet by Visual Studio

Preparations

1. Refer Prerequisites for .NET Core on Windows](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/windows-prerequisites?tabs=netcore2x)

Build

1. Open DlibDotNet\DlibDotNet.sln in Visual Studio
2. Do build command for DlibDotNet project

How to build DlibDotNet by Command Line

Preparations

1. Install .NET Core 2.0 by following the official page

Build

1. Open DlibDotNet\src\DlibDotNet in console
2. Type the following code in a console:

dotnet build -c <Release/Debug>