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authorGravatar Laszlo Csomor <laszlocsomor@google.com>2016-10-31 16:21:46 +0000
committerGravatar Laszlo Csomor <laszlocsomor@google.com>2016-10-31 16:42:28 +0000
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Windows, installation docs: clarify VS requirement
Make it explicit that the user only needs VC++ with Windows SDK. Fixes https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/1564 -- MOS_MIGRATED_REVID=137709665
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@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ Building Bazel on Windows
To bootstrap Bazel on Windows, you will need:
* Java JDK 8 or later
-* [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) (Community Edition is okay)
+* [Visual C++](https://www.visualstudio.com/) with Windows SDK installed
+ (Community Edition is fine)
* [msys2](https://msys2.github.io/) (need to be installed at
``C:\tools\msys64\``).
* Several msys2 packages. Use the ``pacman`` command to install them: