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| author | Matt Huisman <me@matthuisman.nz> | 2020-04-19 12:21:53 +1200 |
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| committer | Matt Huisman <me@matthuisman.nz> | 2020-04-19 12:33:40 +1200 |
| commit | 4f2da5197e3874d5f50352d3dcc2213131fbbf3f (patch) | |
| tree | 2fa7996f0456e1276563fcb2cd301d3dd2babf76 /docs | |
| parent | d4d8d35c5fd6d44cf900854caf14ddb389b43217 (diff) | |
Update Windows build config to match current VS2017 and java installers
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/README.Windows.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/README.Windows.md b/docs/README.Windows.md index 88bc763f57..70863c7b94 100644 --- a/docs/README.Windows.md +++ b/docs/README.Windows.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ To build Kodi: * **[Git for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org/)** * **[Java Runtime Environment (JRE)](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html)** * **[Nullsoft scriptable install system (NSIS)](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download)** (Only needed if you want to generate an installer file) -* **[Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/)** (Community Edition is fine) +* **[Visual Studio 2017](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/)** (Community Edition is fine) To run Kodi you need a relatively recent CPU with integrated GPU or discrete GPU with up-to-date graphics device-drivers installed from the manufacturer's website. * **[AMD](https://support.amd.com/en-us/download)** @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ All install screens should remain at their default values with the exception of ### JRE install notes Default options are fine. -After install finishes, add java's executable file path to your `PATH` **[environment variable](http://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml)**. Should be similar to `C:\Program Files\Java\jre-10\bin`. +After install finishes, add java's executable file path to your `PATH` **[environment variable](http://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml)**. Should be similar to `C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_251\bin`. ### NSIS install notes Default options are fine. @@ -77,17 +77,17 @@ Default options are fine. Start the VS2017 installer and click `Individual components`. * Under **Compilers, build tools and runtimes** select * `Msbuild` - * `VC++ 2017 v141 toolset (x86,x64)` + * `VC++ 2017 version 15.x v14.x latest v141 tools` * `Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Update` - * `Visual C++ compilers and libraries for ARM` - * `Visual C++ compilers and libraries for ARM64` - * `Visual C++ runtime for UWP` + * `Visual C++ compilers and libraries for ARM` (if compiling for ARM) + * `Visual C++ compilers and libraries for ARM64` (if compiling for ARM64) + * `Visual C++ runtime for UWP` (if compiling for UWP) * `Windows Universal CRT SDK` * Under **Development activities** select * `Visual Studio C++ core features` * Under **SDKs, libraries, and frameworks** select - * `Windows 10 SDK (10.0.16299.0) for Desktop C++ [x86 and x64]` - * `Windows 10 SDK (10.0.17763.0) for UWP: C++` + * `Windows 10 SDK (10.0.x.0) for Desktop C++ [x86 and x64]` + * `Windows 10 SDK (10.0.x.0) for UWP: C++` Hit `Install`. Yes, it will download and install almost 7GB of stuff. |