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| author |  Dmitry Lomov <dslomov@google.com> | 2016-02-19 12:58:37 +0000 |
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| committer |  Damien Martin-Guillerez <dmarting@google.com> | 2016-02-19 14:55:32 +0000 |
| commit | 6fb22be63aa29cd8103d617cad02356ffc40a272 (patch) | |
| tree | 996f611cc833f6028e6b401d700de9ba787ee676 /site/docs/windows.md | |
| parent | d629bb285cafade33b40d9cde236ee87146a832e (diff) | |
Update windows.md with instructions to bootstrap Bazel.
Fixes #276.
RELNOTES: Experimental Windows support is available.
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diff --git a/site/docs/windows.md b/site/docs/windows.md index 038c7e1a8f..82ce2ad28b 100644 --- a/site/docs/windows.md +++ b/site/docs/windows.md @@ -6,6 +6,29 @@ title: Windows Building Bazel on Windows ========================= -Building Bazel on Windows is not currently supported, although we are actively -working on enabling it. If you are interested in current status or ready to -lend a hand, reach out via bazel-discuss@googlegroups.com. +Windows support is highly experimental. Known issues are [marked with +label "Windows"](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3AWindows) +on github issues. + +We currently support only 64bit Windows 7 or higher. +To bootstrap Bazel on Windows, you will need: + +* Java JDK 8 or later +* [msys2](https://msys2.github.io/) (need to be installed at ``C:\msys64\``). +* Several MSYS packages (gcc, git, curl): use ``pacman`` command + to install those. + +To build Bazel: + +* Open MSYS2 shell. +* Clone bazel git repository as normal. +* Set the environment variables: + +``` +export JAVA_HOME="$(ls -d C:/Program\ Files/Java/jdk* | sort | tail -n 1)" +export TMPDIR=c:/temp +export BAZEL_SH=c:/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe +``` + +* Run ``compile.sh`` in Bazel directory. +* If all works fine, bazel will be build at ``output\bazel.exe``. |