Update build config for 2023.09.6

.gitignore

@@ -376,3 +376,4 @@ Testing/
 
 *.bak
 ____*.*
+CMakeFiles/

README.md

@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@
 ## How to Build
 
 - Registered NuGet package was built using the following versions.
-  - [RDKit Release_2021_09_4](https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit/releases/tag/Release_2021_09_4)
+  - [RDKit Release_2023_09_6](https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit/releases/tag/Release_2023_09_6)
   - [Eigen 3.3.8](https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen/-/releases/3.3.8)
   - for Windows
     - [Boost 1.74.0](https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.74.0/)
     - [Cairo 1.16.0](https://www.cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.16.0.tar.xz)
     - [libpng 1.6.37](https://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.37/libpng-1.6.37.tar.xz)
     - [pixman 0.40.0](https://www.cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.40.0.tar.gz)
-    - [zlib 1.2.11](https://zlib.net/zlib1211.zip)
-    - [CMAKE 3.18.20081302-MSVC_2](https://cmake.org/)
-    - Visual Studio 2019
-  - [Python 3.9](https://www.python.org/)
+    - [zlib 1.3.1](https://zlib.net/zlib131.zip)
+    - [CMAKE 33.30.5-msvc23](https://cmake.org/)
+    - Visual Studio 2022
+  - [Python 3.12](https://www.python.org/)
   - [SWIG 3.0.12](http://www.swig.org/)
-  - dotnet-sdk-5.0
+  - dotnet-sdk-8.0
   - for Linux
-    - Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS on WSL2
+    - Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS on WSL2
 
 ### Build Instruction
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Do the following procedure.
 #### Build native binaries for Windows 10 (x64)
 
 - On Windows 10 (x64)
-- Install Visual Studio 2019 enabling C++, C# and CMAKE.
-- Install Python version greater than 3.8.
+- Install Visual Studio 2022 enabling C++, C# and CMAKE.
+- Install Python version greater than 3.12.
 - Install [SWIG](http://www.swig.org/).
   - IMPORTANT: SWIG-3.0 is required. SWIG-4.0 does not work.
 - Make sure Python and SWIG are executable.
@@ -51,31 +51,26 @@ Do the following procedure.
   - [zlib](https://zlib.net/) to `zlib-#.#.##`.
   - [libpng 1.6](http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html) to `lpng16##`.
   - [FreeType](https://www.freetype.org/) to `freetype-#.##.#`.
-- Download binery archives of both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Boost for Visual Studio 2019, ie, msvc-14.2.
+- Download binery archives of both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Boost for Visual Studio 2022, ie, msvc-14.2.
   - [https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/).
   - Execute EXE files to extract. Defaults to store to `C:\local`.
   - Copy `boost_#_##_#` directory here.
   - Only dll and lib, ie, the files in `lib64-msvc-14.#` and `lib32-msvc-14.#`, are used to build.
   - After above, `lib64-msvc-14.#` and `lib32-msvc-14.#` should be created under `boost_#_##_#` directory.
 - Customize `config.txt` file according to where above dependencies are installed.
-- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019`.
+- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022`.
 - Execute `bash build_win.bat` to create native binaries in `${RDKIT_DIR}/Code/JavaWrappers/csharp_wrapper/win/`.
 
 #### Build native binaries for Ubuntu 18.4
 
 - Don't share with Windows build.
-- Ubuntu 18.4 is recommended.
-- Install python 3.8 or greater, swig 3.0, and eigen3.
-- Install dotnet-sdk-5.0 and Mono.
+- Ubuntu 24.04 is recommended.
+- Install python 3.12 or greater, swig 3.0, and eigen3.
+- Install dotnet-sdk-8.0 and Mono.
 ```bash
-sudo wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb && \
-    sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb && \
-    sudo rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb && \
-    sudo apt-get update && \
-    sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https && \
-    sudo apt-get update && \
-    sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-5.0 && \
-    sudo apt-get install -y mono-mcs
+  sudo apt-get update && \
+  sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-8.0 && \
+  sudo apt-get install -y mono-mcs
 ```
 - Clone this repository.
 - Download the following source archives and extract them here.
@@ -86,18 +81,18 @@ sudo wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/packages-microsoft-
 #### Build .NET wrapper
 
 - On Windows 10 (x64)
-- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019`.
+- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022`.
 - Execute `python ./build_rdkit_csharp.py --build_wrapper` to create assembry files named `RDKit2DotNet.dll` in `${RDKIT_DIR}\Code\JavaWrappers\csharp_wrapper\RDKit2DotNet\bin\Release\`.
 
 #### Build and create NuGet package
 
-- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019`.
+- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022`.
 - Copy native binaries for Linux to `${RDKIT_DIR}/Code/JavaWrappers/csharp_wrapper/linux/`.
 - Execute `python ./build_rdkit_csharp.py --build_nuget` to create NuGet package on `${RDKIT_DIR}\Code\JavaWrappers\csharp_wrapper\RDKit2DotNet\bin\Release\`.
 
 #### Copy created NuGet package to myApp
 
-- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019`.
+- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022`.
 - Execute `nmake -f Makefile.win copy_to_myapp`.
 
 ### Install SWIG-3.0.12

build_linux.sh

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-python --version | grep -E "Python 3\.(8|9|10)\." > /dev/null
+python --version | grep -E "Python 3\.(8|9|10|11|12)\." > /dev/null
 if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
-    echo Python version is 3.8, 3.9, or 3.10.
+    echo Python version is lower than 3.8.
     exit 1
 fi