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diff --git a/build_msvc/README.md b/build_msvc/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6de464e92f --- /dev/null +++ b/build_msvc/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Building Bitcoin Core with Visual Studio +======================================== + +Introduction +--------------------- +Solution and project files to build the Bitcoin Core applications (except Qt dependent ones) with Visual Studio 2017 can be found in the build_msvc directory. + +Building with Visual Studio is an alternative to the Linux based [cross-compiler build](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-windows.md). + +Dependencies +--------------------- +A number of [open source libraries](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/dependencies.md) are required in order to be able to build Bitcoin. + +Options for installing the dependencies in a Visual Studio compatible manner are: + +- Use Microsoft's [vcpkg](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/vcpkg) to download the source packages and build locally. This is the recommended approach. +- Download the source code, build each dependency, add the required include paths, link libraries and binary tools to the Visual Studio project files. +- Use [nuget](https://www.nuget.org/) packages with the understanding that any binary files have been compiled by an untrusted third party. + +The external dependencies required for the Visual Studio build are (see the [dependencies doc](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/dependencies.md) for versions): + +- Berkeley DB, +- OpenSSL, +- Boost, +- libevent, +- ZeroMQ + +Additional dependencies required from the [bitcoin-core](https://github.com/bitcoin-core) github repository are: +- SECP256K1, +- LevelDB + +Building +--------------------- +The instructions below use vcpkg to install the dependencies. + +- Clone and vcpkg from the [github repository](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) and install as per the instructions in the main README.md. +- Install the required packages (replace x64 with x86 as required): +- Install the required dependencies with vcpkg: + +``` + PS >.\vcpkg install boost:x64-windows-static ` + libevent:x64-windows-static ` + openssl:x64-windows-static ` + zeromq:x64-windows-static ` + berkeleydb:x64-windows-static ` + secp256k1:x64-windows-static ` + leveldb:x64-windows-static +``` + +- Build in Visual Studio.
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