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If you want to build native modules, make sure that the following tools are installed on your system. 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) - [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/) - [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: - [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: - On the Workloads tab:
- Desktop & Mobile -> C++ build tools - Desktop & Mobile -> C++ build tools
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- C++ CMake tools for Windows - C++ CMake tools for Windows
Once installed make sure all those utilities are accessible in your `PATH`. 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. 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. You can replace `amd64` with `x86` depending on your CPU architecture.