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authorbors-servo <lbergstrom+bors@mozilla.com>2020-01-03 09:14:58 -0500
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Auto merge of #25399 - larsbergstrom:easier_vs2017_install, r=jdm
Add chocolatey steps for easier VS017 install <!-- Please describe your changes on the following line: --> Easier install steps for getting Visual Studio 2017 Community installed on your machine. Thanks to https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts/blob/master/dev_app_desktop_cplusplus.ps1 for the steps, which I shamelessly borrowed from their MIT-licensed base. --- - [ ] There are tests for these changes OR - [x ] These changes do not require tests because readme only <!-- Also, please make sure that "Allow edits from maintainers" checkbox is checked, so that we can help you if you get stuck somewhere along the way.--> <!-- Pull requests that do not address these steps are welcome, but they will require additional verification as part of the review process. --> <!-- Reviewable:start --> --- This change is [<img src="https://reviewable.io/review_button.svg" height="34" align="absmiddle" alt="Reviewable"/>](https://reviewable.io/reviews/servo/servo/25399) <!-- Reviewable:end -->
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@@ -227,6 +227,15 @@ settings for the installer are fine).
7. Install Visual Studio Community 2017 (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/). You MUST add "Visual C++" to the
list of installed components as well as the "Windows Universal C runtime." They are not on by default. Visual Studio 2017 MUST installed to the default location or mach.bat will not find it.
+Note that version is hard to download online and is easier to install via [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/install#installing-chocolatey) with:
+```
+choco install -y visualstudio2017community --package-parameters="'--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Git'"
+Update-SessionEnvironment #refreshing env due to Git install
+
+#--- UWP Workload and installing Windows Template Studio ---
+choco install -y visualstudio2017-workload-nativedesktop
+```
+
##### [Optional] Install LLVM for faster link times
You may experience much faster builds on Windows by following these steps. (Related Rust issue: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/37543)