# Installation Issue

**URL:** <https://igraph.discourse.group/t/installation-issue/517>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Tags:** C\
**Created:** [16 November 2020 11:17 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/installation-issue/517 "2020-11-16T11:17:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Naveenvj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/igraph.discourse.group/naveenvj/32/408_2.png) [@Naveenvj](https://igraph.discourse.group/u/Naveenvj)\
**Post date:** [16 November 2020 11:17 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/installation-issue/517/1 "2020-11-16T11:17:57Z")

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In the Compilation using the MSVC step, I am getting this errormake: \*\*\* No rule to make target ‘msvc’. Stop. I want to compile igraph for CPP programs

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**Author:** ![szhorvat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/igraph.discourse.group/szhorvat/32/3_2.png) [@szhorvat](https://igraph.discourse.group/u/szhorvat)\
**Post date:** [16 November 2020 16:52 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/installation-issue/517/2 "2020-11-16T16:52:36Z")

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In order to be able to comment, we would need many more details, such as:

- Your igraph version
- Where you obtained igraph
- What did you do _exactly_? Do not omit any step.
- Your OS, compiler, etc.

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**Author:** ![Naveenvj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/igraph.discourse.group/naveenvj/32/408_2.png) [@Naveenvj](https://igraph.discourse.group/u/Naveenvj)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2020 05:05 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/installation-issue/517/3 "2020-11-17T05:05:05Z")

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I have installed igraph visual studio source code 0.8.3 from the [igraph.org](http://igraph.org) website, for using it in Visual Studio Coder. My OS is Windows 10 and Compiler is the Microsoft C++ compiler. I have followed all the installation steps as given on the official website but got the above error while I entered the “make MSVC” step for the visual studio compilation.

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**Author:** ![szhorvat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/igraph.discourse.group/szhorvat/32/3_2.png) [@szhorvat](https://igraph.discourse.group/u/szhorvat)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2020 09:40 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/installation-issue/517/4 "2020-11-17T09:40:15Z")

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I’m sorry, this is still rather non-specific. As I said, we need to know what you did _precisely_, step-by-step.

The instructions [here](https://igraph.org/c/compilation-windows.html) for **compilation using MSVC** (see heading with this title) do not make any mention of “`make MSVC`”. The previous section, which describes preparing an MSVC project from the full sources does have `make msvc` (note lowercase!!). However, if you indeed downloaded the `igraph-0.8.3-msvc.zip` source package, you would have run into issues much sooner as there is no configure script included there. Thus I can only guess about what you did, but guessing is not a productive way to solve problems.

If you want to use MSVC, use `igraph-0.8.3-msvc.zip` archive and follow the “Compilation using MSVC” section.

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**Author:** ![Naveenvj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/igraph.discourse.group/naveenvj/32/408_2.png) [@Naveenvj](https://igraph.discourse.group/u/Naveenvj)\
**Post date:** [23 November 2020 06:47 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/installation-issue/517/5 "2020-11-23T06:47:25Z")

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Thanks a lot!!..The issues got resolved