4. Change the build_driver variable in aquery_config.py to "MSBuild"
5. The libraries and headers for Monetdb are already included in msc-plugins, however you can also choose to download them from [Monetdb Easy Setup](https://www.monetdb.org/easy-setup/) and put them in the same place.
2. Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 or later with **Desktop development with C++** selected.
3. Clone AQuery repo from [Github](https://github.com/sunyinqi0508/AQuery2)
5. Change the build_driver variable in aquery_config.py to "MSBuild"
6. The libraries and headers for Monetdb are already included in msc-plugins, however you can also choose to download them from [Monetdb Easy Setup](https://www.monetdb.org/easy-setup/) and put them in the same place.
- For CygWin/MinGW:
1. Install gcc and python3 using its **builtin package manager** instead of the one from python.org or windows store. (For Msys2, `pacman -S gcc python3`). Otherwise, ABI breakage may happen.