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| author | Lars Bergstrom <lars@lars.com> | 2016-10-06 12:17:19 -0500 |
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| committer | Lars Bergstrom <lars@lars.com> | 2016-10-06 12:17:19 -0500 |
| commit | bf384ef855473fa79d28b75ec4079a5502e0bd15 (patch) | |
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Instructions for building with the MSVC toolchain
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f5e79970731..5881f984289 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Please select your operating system: * [Arch Linux](#on-arch-linux) * [openSUSE](#on-opensuse-linux) * [Gentoo Linux](#on-gentoo-linux) -* [Microsoft Windows](#on-windows) +* [Microsoft Windows (MSVC)](#on-windows-msvc) +* [Microsoft Windows (mingw)](#on-windows-mingw) * [Android](#cross-compilation-for-android) #### OS X @@ -91,7 +92,26 @@ sudo emerge net-misc/curl media-libs/freeglut \ dev-python/virtualenv dev-python/pip dev-libs/openssl \ x11-libs/libXmu media-libs/glu x11-base/xorg-server ``` -#### On Windows +#### On Windows MSVC + +Install Git for Windows (https://git-scm.com/download/win). DO allow it to add git.exe to the PATH (default +settings for the installer are fine). + +Install Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition (https://www.visualstudio.com/). You MUST add "Visual C++" to the +list of installed components. It is not on by default. + +Install Python for Windows (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2711/). The windows x86-64 MSI installer is fine. +You should change the installation to install the "Add python.exe to Path" feature. + +Install virtualenv. + +In a normal Windows Shell (cmd.exe or "Command Prompt" from the start menu), do: +``` +pip install virtualenv +``` +If this does not work, you may need to reboot for the changed PATH settings (by the python installer) to take effect. + +#### On Windows mingw Download Python for Windows [here](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2711/). This is required for the SpiderMonkey build on Windows. @@ -157,6 +177,13 @@ cd servo ./mach run tests/html/about-mozilla.html ``` +Or on Windows MSVC, in a normal Command Prompt (cmd.exe): +``` cmd +git clone https://github.com/servo/servo +cd servo +mach.bat build --dev +``` + For benchmarking, performance testing, or real-world use, add the `--release` flag to create an optimized build: |