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| author | Lars Bergstrom <lars@lars.com> | 2019-12-27 16:52:03 -0600 |
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| committer | Lars Bergstrom <lars@lars.com> | 2019-12-27 16:52:03 -0600 |
| commit | bd650b0ec38f24d5ade482f33fdcc21e75a9ae0e (patch) | |
| tree | 6e003b1f59da6347f8f8214a67e439f751b262a3 | |
| parent | a0c99d2327b46c01191aae0453782ec7739c9ac2 (diff) | |
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Add chocolatey steps for easier VS017 install
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 98687f13fe8..164d7ca555f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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) |