From f98d1672af669b112f3b0108a2dfade91d23253d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Germain Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 12:41:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Suggest installing Build tools rather than Visual Studio Co-authored-by: J. Ryan Stinnett --- docs/windows-requirements.md | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/windows-requirements.md b/docs/windows-requirements.md index ec791fa..6ff446e 100644 --- a/docs/windows-requirements.md +++ b/docs/windows-requirements.md @@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ If you want to build native modules, make sure that the following tools are inst - [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/) - [Strawberry Perl](https://strawberryperl.com/) - [Rust](https://rustup.rs/) -- [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) with the following packages - - MSVC VS 2019 C++ - - Windows 10 SDK - - C++ Clang tools +- [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 + - On the Individual components tab: + - MSVC VS 2019 C++ build tools + - Windows 10 SDK (latest version available) + - C++ CMake tools for Windows Once installed make sure all those utilities are accessible in your `PATH`. In order to load all the C++ utilities installed by Visual Studio you can run the following in a terminal window.