Installing Xamarin Studio 6.1.2.44, MSBuild Tools 2015 download removed - xamarin

I'm trying to install Xamarin Studios(MonoDevelop) for windows, however Microsoft Build tools 2015 download was been removed which is needed by the installer.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=48159
How can I get the MS Build tools 2015? Is there another way to get it?

You can get MSBuild tools and visual c++ build tools 2015 and 2017 from the below link:
Visual C++ Build Tools

Whatever may be your purpose, please download from here:
24 MB is the size. Also there are two updates available.
https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Microsoft%20Build%20Tools%202015

I found this thread cause I also had the same problem and I finally fixed it.
Apparently, MSDN accounts have a "previously downloaded" section where you can find older version of, for example, Microsoft Build Tools. I don't remember downloading it before, but it was there regardless, so give it a shot.
If you don't find it, let me know and I can add a download link to the copy I got.

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Tools Version Using Visual Studio 2017 with TFS Build 2015

I'm getting ready to start building our new release with Visual Studio 2017. I have not moved to vNext, still XAML, but plan to move forward soon when the dust settles.
At one time I thought I would be using VS 2015 and 2017 on the same machine so I had asked a question on how to differentiate or tell TFS Build which VS version to use. I was told to add these MSBuild params to the Build Definition...
/tv:15.0 /p:VisualStudioVersion=15.0
It turns out the machine will be solely using VS 2017, but I left those parameters in the Build Definition.
When I ran the build, I received this error...
MSBUILD : error MSB1040: ToolsVersion is not valid. The tools version
"15.0" is unrecognized. Available tools versions are "4.0". Switch:
15.0
So, I removed the /tv parameter and the error went away. So, my question is, without the parameter, what tools are being used? Is the toolset TFS or Visual Studio related? Is the v15.0 toolset, if it even exists, a separate installation?
Here is the link to my original discussion on this, but I haven't been able to put it into practice until now...
TFS 2015 XAML Builds with Visual Studio
Any information, help is appreciated!! I just want to better understand what is going on for future server builds.
So, after the first response, here is additional information. From the failed build's diagnostic log, I see this...
MSBuild auto-detection: using msbuild version '15.7.179.6572' from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\15.0\bin'.
You can able to download the MSBuild 15.0 package alone here
This error will occur in 2 scenarios
MSBUILD : error MSB1040: ToolsVersion is not valid. The tools version
"15.0" is unrecognized. Available tools versions are "4.0". Switch:
15.0
When you don't have installed msbuild 15.0 in your TFS Server
Your TFS Agent pointing wrong MSBuild Version ( see below image pointing towards msbuild version 15.0 )
Solution
For the 1st case, you can download the msbuild package
For the 2nd one, you can define your own Environment Variable to point towards the msbuild 15.0 version.
There is a similar question on MSDN see the solution, though might help.

Failed to obtain a compiler version

I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 to program various software and wanted to check PVS-Studio 6.14.21489 with the free license.
But I can't get it to work from Visual Studio, all it's able to outpout is:
Failed to preprocess file "[file path].cpp": Failed to obtain a compiler version.
V008: Unable to start the analysis on this file. [file path].cpp. Failed to obtain a compiler version.
Tested with win32 and x64 on both debug and release and I get this message on all files, nothing else. Solutions are compiling sucessfuly.
I tried reinstalling the product, same effect.
Note: I use Windows 8.1 Standard edition x64, all products including Visual Studio are installed in their default folder in C:\Program Files (x86)
Any clue would be very appreciated
Many thanks
Thank you for a detailed explanation of the issue. It was caused by a defect in our code. We have fixed it and published a beta version of PVS-Studio with a fix. You may download it using this link. Please try it in your environment and let us know the results.

How to debug a project file in MSBuild 14.0 / VS2015?

How to debug a project file in MSBuild 12.0 / VS2013? has an answer, but apparently that method is not supported in Visual Studio 2015/MSBuild 14. Does anyone know a way to perform MSBuild debugging in Visual Studio 2015/MSBuild 14? Bonus points for scoop about Visual Studio 2017.
The MSBuild debugger was never officially supported and was cut from MSBuild in favor of cross-platform support in the VS 2015/MSBuild 14 timeframe.
There are many ways to debug the behavior of a build. The combination of a Verbosity=Diagnostic build log and the preprocessed project (msbuild /pp:preprocessed.xml path\to\the.csproj creates a file containing all of the build logic for a given project) is extremely powerful. You may also be interested in the UI that the MSBuildStructuredLog provides, which helps pare down the massive output produced by a diagnostic log.
It really works well in old VS version:
But if I use the VS2015, I got the same issue as yours, it could recognize the /debug command line.
I report this issue to the product team here:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedbackdetail/view/3120913/how-to-debug-a-project-file-in-msbuild-14-0-vs2015
You could check the latest update from it, of course, please also vote and add your comment there:)

Visual Studio 2010 not starting - Missing ATL100.DLL

I tried to start Visual Studio and it said: "This application has failed to start because ATL100.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem".
I don't want to reinstall it (time consuming).
I also just uninstalled all the C++ stuff (I don't do any C++ work, so I got rid of it).
So does anyone know?
If the ATL100.DLL is missing you're likely just seeing the first missing file of a now corrupted installation. If you don't want to do a full reinstall you can attempt to repair the installation from your install source but there's no easy fix for this.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e2h7fzkw.aspx#repair
You need to have the MS VC++ 2010 redistributable pack installed on the client machine.
You should also link your program against the release version of the redist pack and not distribute a debug version of the VC++ runtime (msvcr100d.dll) as its release counterpart is part of the VS2010 redistributable pack, as described here. The ATL100.dll is also part of that pack. MS has strict policies about which dll can be distributed with the application. A previous post about DWMAPI.DLL will help to sort out that problem.
source:iodocs.com

How to build CppUnit with Visual Studio 2010

I am trying to build CppUnit (first line in ReadMe says version 1.13) with Visual Studio 2010. Following the instructions (found on web forums, couldn't find much in CppUnit documentation); I cannot find a valid file extension. All file extensions end with ",v" what is this weird ",v" extension and what is the purpose of it?
I am frustrated at this point, if someone can help with how to load CppUnit in VS2010 project and build it....that would be a great help !
Are you referring to this project?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppunit
If so, use TortoiseSVN for example to get the latest code from svn:
https://cppunit.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cppunit
It contains "INSTALL-VS.Net2008.txt" with instructions for Visual Studio 2008 but it can also be applied to Visual Studio 2010.
You may have to edit src\msvc6\testrunner\MsDevCallerListCtrl.cpp and replace
version("9.0")
with
version("10.0")
You can safely ignore any build errors as long as the sln outputs cppunit(d).lib or whichever dependencies you need.
Have fun! :)
I've successfully converted CPPUNIT 1.12.1 to be a VS2010 solution. It's described here: http://blogs.powersoft.ca/erict/archive/2012/02/21/cppunit-in-vs2010ndashwith-a-sample.aspx and the solution can be downloaded from there.
I just found a version which is really easy to build in VS2010(aka push 1 button):
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cs3215/tools/cppunitAll.html
It's really nice because it has a .sln file which you can open directly. Also it includes a tutorial ;)
Found it with google.de
It's version 1.12.1
Have fun!

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