To get a CI build from AppVeyor:

1. go to our AppVeyor CI Project (or follow an AppVeyor link from a PR)
2. select a build
3. choose ci_part1 as the build configuration
4. choose "Artifacts" 1 download Release.zip.

The Release.zip contains everything created in the Release directory by a build.

On Windows or CoreCLR, you can use fsc.exe and fsi.exe directly from the ZIP.

If using Mono/Linux or Mono/OSX, please get the latest CI builds from the cross-platform packaging repository for Mono editions of F#.

To install the Visual F# IDE Tools from Release.zip, first run sn.exe (Strong Name Tool) from the developer command prompt

sn -Vr *,*

to turn of strong name checking on your machine, and then run

Release\net40\bin\EnableOpenSource.vsix

to run sn.exe from the standard command prompt you can locate it at

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6 Tools\