toolset

Selects the compiler, linker, etc. which are used to build a project or configuration.

toolset ("identifier")

If no toolset is specified for a configuration, the system or IDE default will be used.

Parameters

identifier is a string identifier for the toolset. Premake includes the following toolsets by default; others may be added by third-party modules:

Toolset identifier	Description
clang	Clang
dotnet	The system's default C# compiler
gcc	GNU Compiler Collection
msc	Microsoft C/C++ compiler

If a specific toolset version is desired, it may be specified as part of the identifer, separated by a dash. See the examples below.

Applies To

Project configurations.

Availability

Premake 5.0 and later. Versions are currently only implemented for Visual Studio 2010+.

Examples

Specify version 110 of the Windows platform toolset.

toolset "msc-110" -- or...
toolset "v100"    -- for those more familiar with Visual Studio's way

Use Clang/C2 with Visual Studio

toolset "msc-llvm-vs2014"

Use the toolset for Windows XP

toolset "v140_xp"