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| author |  steren <steren@google.com> | 2017-06-30 15:49:47 +0200 |
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| committer |  Marcel Hlopko <hlopko@google.com> | 2017-07-03 09:05:12 +0200 |
| commit | 30c35a2a447a9fc5e93a6a5849d9c8a480d99464 (patch) | |
| tree | 0df07bb83594e8f1a92d0d1af4a9edaf770a3cea /site/docs/windows.md | |
| parent | 3e2cee83eddb340d9a0d96cc545ccbda76b489ac (diff) | |
Reorganize Windows install instructions
* move Compile requirement and instructions to the "compile from source" page
* remove warning for old versions of Bazel
RELNOTES: None
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/site/docs/windows.md b/site/docs/windows.md index 5a0b6b51c4..7b986b3780 100644 --- a/site/docs/windows.md +++ b/site/docs/windows.md @@ -5,17 +5,13 @@ title: Windows # Using Bazel on Windows -Windows support is experimental. Known issues are [marked with label +Windows support is in beta. Known issues are [marked with label "Windows"](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22category%3A+multi-platform+%3E+windows%22) on github issues. We currently support only 64 bit Windows 7 or higher and we compile Bazel as a msys2 binary. -## <a name="install"></a>Installation - -See instructions on the [installation page](install-windows.md). - ## <a name="requirements"></a>Requirements Before you can compile or run Bazel, you will need to set some environment @@ -63,26 +59,9 @@ To **run** Bazel (even pre-built binaries), you will need: pacman -Syuu gcc git curl zip unzip zlib-devel ``` -To **compile** Bazel, in addition to the above you will need: - -* [Visual C++ Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools) - or the full [Visual C++](https://www.visualstudio.com/) (as part of Visual - Studio; Community Edition is fine) with Windows SDK installed. -* You may need to apply some patches/workarounds, see the - [known issues](install-compile-source.md#known-issues-when-compiling-from-source). - -## <a name="compiling"></a>Compiling Bazel on Windows - -Ensure you have the [requirements](#requirements). - -To build Bazel: - -* Open the msys2 shell. -* Clone the Bazel git repository as normal. -* Set the environment variables (see above) -* Run ``compile.sh`` in Bazel directory. -* If all works fine, bazel will be built at ``output\bazel.exe``. +## <a name="install"></a>Installation +See [Install Bazel on Windows](install-windows.md) for installation instructions. ## <a name="using"></a>Using Bazel on Windows |