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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ It is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.txt).
If you are not familiar with Z3, you can start [here](https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3/wiki#background).
Pre-built binaries for stable and nightly releases are available from [here](https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3/releases).
Pre-built binaries for stable and nightly releases are available [here](https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3/releases).
Z3 can be built using [Visual Studio][1], a [Makefile][2] or using [CMake][3]. It provides
[bindings for several programming languages][4].
@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ See the [release notes](RELEASE_NOTES.md) for notes on various stable releases o
[![Try the online Z3 Guide](z3guide.jpeg)](https://microsoft.github.io/z3guide/)
## Build status
| Azure Pipelines | Open Bugs | Android Build | WASM Build | Windows Build | Pyodide Build |
@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ See the [release notes](RELEASE_NOTES.md) for notes on various stable releases o
## Building Z3 on Windows using Visual Studio Command Prompt
32-bit builds, start with:
For 32-bit builds, start with:
```bash
python scripts/mk_make.py
@ -43,14 +41,14 @@ or instead, for a 64-bit build:
python scripts/mk_make.py -x
```
then:
then run:
```bash
cd build
nmake
```
Z3 uses C++20. The recommended version of Visual Studio is therefore VS2019.
Z3 uses C++20. The recommended version of Visual Studio is therefore VS2019 or later.
## Building Z3 using make and GCC/Clang
@ -63,8 +61,8 @@ make
sudo make install
```
Note by default ``g++`` is used as the C++ compiler if it is available. If you
would prefer to use Clang change the ``mk_make.py`` invocation to:
Note by default ``g++`` is used as C++ compiler if it is available. If you
prefer to use Clang, change the ``mk_make.py`` invocation to:
```bash
CXX=clang++ CC=clang python scripts/mk_make.py
@ -73,20 +71,19 @@ CXX=clang++ CC=clang python scripts/mk_make.py
Note that Clang < 3.7 does not support OpenMP.
You can also build Z3 for Windows using Cygwin and the Mingw-w64 cross-compiler.
To configure that case correctly, make sure to use Cygwin's own python and not
some Windows installation of Python.
In that case, make sure to use Cygwin's own Python and not some Windows installation of Python.
For a 64 bit build (from Cygwin64), configure Z3's sources with
For a 64-bit build (from Cygwin64), configure Z3's sources with
```bash
CXX=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc AR=x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar python scripts/mk_make.py
```
A 32 bit build should work similarly (but is untested); the same is true for 32/64 bit builds from within Cygwin32.
A 32-bit build should work similarly (but is untested); the same is true for 32/64 bit builds from within Cygwin32.
By default, it will install z3 executable at ``PREFIX/bin``, libraries at
``PREFIX/lib``, and include files at ``PREFIX/include``, where ``PREFIX``
By default, it will install z3 executables at ``PREFIX/bin``, libraries at
``PREFIX/lib``, and include files at ``PREFIX/include``, where the ``PREFIX``
installation prefix is inferred by the ``mk_make.py`` script. It is usually
``/usr`` for most Linux distros, and ``/usr/local`` for FreeBSD and macOS. Use
the ``--prefix=`` command line option to change the install prefix. For example:
the ``--prefix=`` command-line option to change the install prefix. For example:
```bash
python scripts/mk_make.py --prefix=/home/leo
@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ To uninstall Z3, use
sudo make uninstall
```
To clean Z3 you can delete the build directory and run the ``mk_make.py`` script again.
To clean Z3, you can delete the build directory and run the ``mk_make.py`` script again.
## Building Z3 using CMake
@ -111,9 +108,7 @@ except for building OCaml bindings.
## Building Z3 using vcpkg
vcpkg is a full platform package manager, you can easily install libzmq with vcpkg.
Execute:
vcpkg is a full platform package manager. To install Z3 with vcpkg, execute:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git
@ -123,10 +118,11 @@ git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git
```
## Dependencies
Z3 itself has few dependencies. It uses C++ runtime libraries, including pthreads for multi-threading.
Z3 itself has only few dependencies. It uses C++ runtime libraries, including pthreads for multi-threading.
It is optionally possible to use GMP for multi-precision integers, but Z3 contains its own self-contained
multi-precision functionality. Python is required to build Z3. To build Java, .Net, OCaml,
Julia APIs requires installing relevant tool chains.
multi-precision functionality. Python is required to build Z3. Building Java, .NET, OCaml and
Julia APIs requires installing relevant toolchains.
## Z3 bindings
@ -134,11 +130,10 @@ Z3 has bindings for various programming languages.
### ``.NET``
You can install a nuget package for the latest release Z3 from [nuget.org](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Z3/).
You can install a NuGet package for the latest release Z3 from [nuget.org](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Z3/).
Use the ``--dotnet`` command line flag with ``mk_make.py`` to enable building these.
See [``examples/dotnet``](examples/dotnet) for examples.
### ``C``
@ -176,8 +171,8 @@ You can install the Python wrapper for Z3 for the latest release from pypi using
Use the ``--python`` command line flag with ``mk_make.py`` to enable building these.
Note that it is required on certain platforms that the Python package directory
(``site-packages`` on most distributions and ``dist-packages`` on Debian based
distributions) live under the install prefix. If you use a non standard prefix
(``site-packages`` on most distributions and ``dist-packages`` on Debian-based
distributions) live under the install prefix. If you use a non-standard prefix
you can use the ``--pypkgdir`` option to change the Python package directory
used for installation. For example:
@ -185,12 +180,12 @@ used for installation. For example:
python scripts/mk_make.py --prefix=/home/leo --python --pypkgdir=/home/leo/lib/python-2.7/site-packages
```
If you do need to install to a non standard prefix a better approach is to use
If you do need to install to a non-standard prefix, a better approach is to use
a [Python virtual environment](https://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)
and install Z3 there. Python packages also work for Python3.
Under Windows, recall to build inside the Visual C++ native command build environment.
Note that the ``build/python/z3`` directory should be accessible from where python is used with Z3
and it depends on ``libz3.dll`` to be in the path.
Note that the ``build/python/z3`` directory should be accessible from where Python is used with Z3
and it requires ``libz3.dll`` to be in the path.
```bash
virtualenv venv
@ -212,14 +207,14 @@ See [``examples/python``](examples/python) for examples.
The Julia package [Z3.jl](https://github.com/ahumenberger/Z3.jl) wraps the C API of Z3. A previous version of it wrapped the C++ API: Information about updating and building the Julia bindings can be found in [src/api/julia](src/api/julia).
### ``Web Assembly`` / ``TypeScript`` / ``JavaScript``
### ``WebAssembly`` / ``TypeScript`` / ``JavaScript``
A WebAssembly build with associated TypeScript typings is published on npm as [z3-solver](https://www.npmjs.com/package/z3-solver). Information about building these bindings can be found in [src/api/js](src/api/js).
### Smalltalk (``Pharo`` / ``Smalltalk/X``)
Project [MachineArithmetic](https://github.com/shingarov/MachineArithmetic) provides Smalltalk interface
to Z3's C API. For more information, see [MachineArithmetic/README.md](https://github.com/shingarov/MachineArithmetic/blob/pure-z3/MachineArithmetic/README.md)
Project [MachineArithmetic](https://github.com/shingarov/MachineArithmetic) provides a Smalltalk interface
to Z3's C API. For more information, see [MachineArithmetic/README.md](https://github.com/shingarov/MachineArithmetic/blob/pure-z3/MachineArithmetic/README.md).
## System Overview