How to install ONNX Runtime after building from source? (Windows)

[axbycc-mark]

The repo comes with a build.bat. I've followed the directions to build ONNX Runtime, which generated a bunch of files in the build directory. How do I actually install the relevant files to my system?

I've also asked on StackOverflow, with some more details. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79488203/how-to-install-onnx-runtime-after-building-from-scratch

[RyanUnderhill]

You don't really install it, unless you're referring to the python wheel? You build it and can link against the shared library for any app you're building (depending on which language binding you're using).

[axbycc-mark]

Someone responded to the StackOverflow thread. By "install" I mean collect all the necessary files needed for linking with a C++ project, and put them into a new folder. For Makefile based projects, I would usually do something like "sudo make install". The issue is that just looking at the build directory, there is no indication of which files are needed.

[snnn]

Search your build dir to see if there is an onnxruntime.dll. If yes, open onnxruntime.sln file, there should be an INSTALL project. Build that project. After that, you can use cmake's find_package to locate onnxruntime. But, mostly most people only do such things on Linux, not Windows. Because on Linux all packages are installed to the same location(either /usr or /usr/local). But on Windows the location can be any. Each package usually has its own installation dir. So cmake does not know where to lookup.
See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/guide/tutorial/Adding%20Export%20Configuration.html for details.