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authorluciana <lucianadacostamarques@gmail.com>2018-11-17 10:32:08 -0200
committerfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2018-12-13 22:52:17 +0800
commit82687b5034921b7906915bd0a33e84abb5825fb2 (patch)
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parent20c54eef6e41216a99b16bab2b5a7c0fb701f46e (diff)
downloadbitcoin-82687b5034921b7906915bd0a33e84abb5825fb2.tar.xz
docs: add NSIS setup/install steps to windows docs
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@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ A host toolchain (`build-essential`) is necessary because some dependency
packages (such as `protobuf`) need to build host utilities that are used in the
build process.
-See also: [dependencies.md](dependencies.md).
+See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview.
+
+If you want to build the windows installer with `make deploy` you need [NSIS](https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Main_Page):
+
+ sudo apt install nsis
## Building for 64-bit Windows
@@ -139,6 +143,10 @@ way. This will install to `c:\workspace\bitcoin`, for example:
make install DESTDIR=/mnt/c/workspace/bitcoin
+You can also create an installer using:
+
+ make deploy
+
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