Install Microsoft Visual Studio* 2019 for OpenVINO™ Toolkit
Content Type: Install & Setup | Article ID: 000055251 | Last Reviewed: 12/07/2022
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Microsoft Visual Studio* with C++ and MSBuild
Microsoft Visual Studio with Visual Studio C++ is required for building the OpenVINO™ Toolkit source from GitHub* (opensource). A free community version of Microsoft Visual Studio is available for this purpose.
The steps below apply to Microsoft Visual Studio* 2019 setup for OpenVINO™ Toolkit.
| Important | CMake 3.14 is required if you want to use Microsoft Visual Studio* 2019. |
- Go to the Visual Studio downloads page.
- Click Free Download in the Visual Studio 2019 box, Community section:
An executable file named vs_community__346855454.1566244733__rid.30012.exe, or similar, is saved in your Downloads folder.
- Double-click the executable file to launch the Visual Studio Community 2019 installer.
- From the Workloads tab, use the check boxes to select Universal Windows Platform development and Desktop development with C++.
- Under the Individual components tab, select MSBuild. Don't make any other changes:
- Click Install. The installation takes around 30 minutes to complete.
- When the installation completes, restart your computer if prompted to do so.
This completes the Visual Studio* 2019 installation for OpenVINO™ toolkit usage.