CNTK Shared Libraries Naming Format

Starting from CNTK v.2.0 RC 1 we introduce new naming format for CNTK Shared Libraries for both Windows (*.dll, *.lib) and Linux (*.so) versions.

We also changed the names of the existing CNTK libraries to make them more meaningful and clearly distinguish between debug and release versions. Debug versions are now marked by letter d at the end of the file name (right before file extension). See complete name match tables below.

Finally we introduce the concept of CNTK Component version which is now an integral part of every name of CNTK Shared Libraries.

The new format of a CNTK Shared Library file name is:

<Library_name>-<CNTK_Component_Version>[d].<File_Extension>

See complete name match tables below.

Match between old and new CNTK Shared Libraries names. Windows.

In the table below we use 2.0rc2 as CNTK Component Version.

Old name	New name Release	New name Debug
ActionsLib.lib	Cntk.Actions-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Actions-2.0rc2d.lib
BinaryReader.dll	Cntk.Reader.Binary.Deprecated-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Reader.Binary.Deprecated-2.0rc2d.dll
BinaryReader.lib	Cntk.Reader.Binary.Deprecated-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader.Binary.Deprecated-2.0rc2d.lib
CNTK.lib	CNTK.lib (no change)	CNTK.lib (no change)
CNTKBinaryReader.dll	Cntk.Deserializers.Binary-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Deserializers.Binary-2.0rc2d.dll
CNTKBinaryReader.lib	Cntk.Deserializers.Binary-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Deserializers.Binary-2.0rc2d.lib
CNTKLibrary-2.0.dll	Cntk.Core-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Core-2.0rc2d.dll
CNTKLibrary-2.0.lib	Cntk.Core-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Core-2.0rc2d.lib
CNTKLibraryCSBinding.dll	Cntk.Core.CSBinding-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Core.CSBinding-2.0rc2d.dll
CNTKLibraryCSBinding.lib	Cntk.Core.CSBinding-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Core.CSBinding-2.0rc2d.lib
CNTKLibraryManaged-2.0.dll	Cntk.Core.Managed-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Core.Managed-2.0rc2d.dll
CNTKTextFormatReader.dll	Cntk.Deserializers.TextFormat-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Deserializers.TextFormat-2.0rc2d.dll
CNTKTextFormatReader.lib	Cntk.Deserializers.TextFormat-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Deserializers.TextFormat-2.0rc2d.lib
Common.lib	Cntk.Common-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Common-2.0rc2d.lib
CompositeDataReader.dll	Cntk.Composite-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Composite-2.0rc2d.dll
CompositeDataReader.lib	Cntk.Composite-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Composite-2.0rc2d.lib
DSSMReader.dll	Cntk.Reader.DSSM-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Reader.DSSM-2.0rc2d.dll
DSSMReader.lib	Cntk.Reader.DSSM-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader.DSSM-2.0rc2d.lib
EvalDll.dll	Cntk.Eval-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Eval-2.0rc2d.dll
EvalDll.lib	Cntk.Eval-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Eval-2.0rc2d.lib
EvalWrapper.dll	Cntk.Eval.Wrapper-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Eval.Wrapper-2.0rc2d.dll
HTKDeserializers.dll	Cntk.Deserializers.HTK-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Deserializers.HTK-2.0rc2d.dll
HTKDeserializers.lib	Cntk.Deserializers.HTK-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Deserializers.HTK-2.0rc2d.lib
HTKMLFReader.dll	Cntk.Reader.HTKMLF-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Reader.HTKMLF-2.0rc2d.dll
HTKMLFReader.lib	Cntk.Reader.HTKMLF-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader.HTKMLF-2.0rc2d.lib
ImageReader.dll	Cntk.Deserializers.Image-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Deserializers.Image-2.0rc2d.dll
ImageReader.lib	Cntk.Deserializers.Image-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Deserializers.Image-2.0rc2d.lib
LibSVMBinaryReader.dll	Cntk.Reader.SVMBinary-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Reader.SVMBinary-2.0rc2d.dll
LibSVMBinaryReader.lib	Cntk.Reader.SVMBinary-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader.SVMBinary-2.0rc2d.lib
LMSequenceReader.dll	Cntk.Reader.LMSequence-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Reader.LMSequence-2.0rc2d.dll
LMSequenceReader.lib	Cntk.Reader.LMSequence-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader.LMSequence-2.0rc2d.lib
LUSequenceReader.dll	Cntk.Reader.LUSequence-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Reader.LUSequence-2.0rc2d.dll
LUSequenceReader.lib	Cntk.Reader.LUSequence-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader.LUSequence-2.0rc2d.lib
Math.dll	Cntk.Math-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Math-2.0rc2d.dll
Math.lib	Cntk.Math-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Math-2.0rc2d.lib
MathCUDA.lib	Cntk.Math.Cuda-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Math.Cuda-2.0rc2d.lib
PerformanceProfilerDll.dll	Cntk.PerformanceProfiler-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.PerformanceProfiler-2.0rc2d.dll
PerformanceProfilerDll.lib	Cntk.PerformanceProfiler-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.PerformanceProfiler-2.0rc2d.lib
ReaderLib.lib	Cntk.Reader-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader-2.0rc2d.lib
SequenceTrainingLib.lib	Cntk.SequenceTrainingLib-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.SequenceTrainingLib-2.0rc2d.lib
SGDLib.lib	Cntk.SGD-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.SGD-2.0rc2d.lib
SparsePCReader.dll	Cntk.Reader.SparsePC-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Reader.SparsePC-2.0rc2d.dll
SparsePCReader.lib	Cntk.Reader.SparsePC-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader.SparsePC-2.0rc2d.lib
UCIFastReader.dll	Cntk.Reader.UCIFast-2.0rc2.dll	Cntk.Reader.UCIFast-2.0rc2d.dll
UCIFastReader.lib	Cntk.Reader.UCIFast-2.0rc2.lib	Cntk.Reader.UCIFast-2.0rc2d.lib

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Match between old and new CNTK Shared Libraries names. Linux.

In the table below we use 2.0rc2 as CNTK Component Version. Note, that in your actual installation Component Version may, and very likely will be different.

Old name	New name Release	New name Debug
CNTKBinaryReader.so	Cntk.Deserializers.Binary-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Deserializers.Binary-2.0rc2d.so
CNTKTextFormatReader.so	Cntk.Deserializers.TextFormat-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Deserializers.TextFormat-2.0rc2d.so
CompositeDataReader.so	Cntk.Composite-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Composite-2.0rc2d.so
HTKDeserializers.so	Cntk.Deserializers.HTK-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Deserializers.HTK-2.0rc2d.so
HTKMLFReader.so	Cntk.Reader.HTKMLF-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Reader.HTKMLF-2.0rc2d.so
ImageReader.so	Cntk.Deserializers.Image-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Deserializers.Image-2.0rc2d.so
Kaldi2Reader.so	Cntk.Reader.Kaldi2-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Reader.Kaldi2-2.0rc2d.so
libcntklibrary-2.0.so	libCntk.Core-2.0rc2.so	libCntk.Core-2.0rc2d.so
libcntkmath.so	libCntk.Math-2.0rc2.so	libCntk.Math-2.0rc2d.so
libeval.so	libCntk.Eval-2.0rc2.so	libCntk.Eval-2.0rc2d.so
libperfprofiler.so	libCntk.PerformanceProfiler-2.0rc2.so	libCntk.PerformanceProfiler-2.0rc2d.so
LibSVMBinaryReader.so	Cntk.Reader.SVMBinary-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Reader.SVMBinary-2.0rc2d.so
LMSequenceReader.so	Cntk.Reader.LMSequence-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Reader.LMSequence-2.0rc2d.so
LUSequenceReader.so	Cntk.Reader.LUSequence-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Reader.LUSequence-2.0rc2d.so
SparsePCReader.so	Cntk.Reader.SparsePC-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Reader.SparsePC-2.0rc2d.so
UCIFastReader.so	Cntk.Reader.UCIFast-2.0rc2.so	Cntk.Reader.UCIFast-2.0rc2d.so