diff --git a/docs/windows-requirements.md b/docs/windows-requirements.md index 6ff446e..17e0d16 100644 --- a/docs/windows-requirements.md +++ b/docs/windows-requirements.md @@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ If you want to build native modules, make sure that the following tools are installed on your system. +- [Git for Windows](https://git-scm.com/download/win) - [Node 14](https://nodejs.org) -- [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/) +- [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/) (if you type 'python' into command prompt it will offer to install it from the windows store) - [Strawberry Perl](https://strawberryperl.com/) -- [Rust](https://rustup.rs/) +- [Rustup](https://rustup.rs/) +- [NASM](https://www.nasm.us/) - [Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2019) with the following configuration: - On the Workloads tab: - Desktop & Mobile -> C++ build tools @@ -17,10 +19,17 @@ If you want to build native modules, make sure that the following tools are inst - C++ CMake tools for Windows Once installed make sure all those utilities are accessible in your `PATH`. + +If you want to be able to build x86 targets from an x64 host install the right toolchain: +```cmd +rustup toolchain install stable-i686-pc-windows-msvc +rustup target add i686-pc-windows-msvc +``` + In order to load all the C++ utilities installed by Visual Studio you can run the following in a terminal window. ``` -call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64 +call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64 ``` You can replace `amd64` with `x86` depending on your CPU architecture.