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| author | fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com> | 2019-10-31 12:19:36 -0400 |
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| committer | fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com> | 2019-11-01 15:25:52 -0400 |
| commit | 162d0038e772bf6210b9218df35c14fd9719d3f7 (patch) | |
| tree | e7c1c7a9b30704eba180b3fa55158f922ee278f4 /doc | |
| parent | b1f1fb5f1dbdeb329c8c764f92a891329dc10863 (diff) | |
doc: compiling with Visual Studio is now supported on Windows
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-windows.md b/doc/build-windows.md index f8095f6a65..bbff638b90 100644 --- a/doc/build-windows.md +++ b/doc/build-windows.md @@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ The options known to work for building Bitcoin Core on Windows are: * On Linux, using the [Mingw-w64](https://mingw-w64.org/doku.php) cross compiler tool chain. Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 is required and is the platform used to build the Bitcoin Core Windows release binaries. * On Windows, using [Windows -Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/about) and the Mingw-w64 cross compiler tool chain. +Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about) and the Mingw-w64 cross compiler tool chain. +* On Windows, using a native compiler tool chain such as [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com). Other options which may work, but which have not been extensively tested are (please contribute instructions): -* On Windows, using a POSIX compatibility layer application such as [cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com/) or [msys2](http://www.msys2.org/). -* On Windows, using a native compiler tool chain such as [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com). +* On Windows, using a POSIX compatibility layer application such as [cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/) or [msys2](https://www.msys2.org/). Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux --------------------------------------- With Windows 10, Microsoft has released a new feature named the [Windows -Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/about). This +Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about). This feature allows you to run a bash shell directly on Windows in an Ubuntu-based environment. Within this environment you can cross compile for Windows without the need for a separate Linux VM or server. Note that while WSL can be installed with @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ tested with Ubuntu. This feature is not supported in versions of Windows prior to Windows 10 or on Windows Server SKUs. In addition, it is available [only for 64-bit versions of -Windows](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide). +Windows](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/install-win10). Full instructions to install WSL are available on the above link. To install WSL on Windows 10 with Fall Creators Update installed (version >= 16215.0) do the following: |