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diff --git a/site/docs/windows.md b/site/docs/windows.md index ca7f0241d9..8bf61e0e3b 100644 --- a/site/docs/windows.md +++ b/site/docs/windows.md @@ -1,37 +1,4 @@ --- -layout: documentation -title: Windows +layout: redirect +redirect: docs/windows.html --- - -Building Bazel on Windows -========================= - -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 64 bit Windows 7 or higher and we can only compile -msys2 binaries. - -To bootstrap Bazel on Windows, you will need: - -* Java JDK 8 or later -* Visual Studio (Community Edition is okay, only `CL.EXE` is needed) -* [msys2](https://msys2.github.io/) (need to be installed at - ``C:\tools\msys64\``). -* Several msys2 packages. Use the ``pacman`` command to install them: - ``pacman -S gcc git curl zip unzip zlib-devel`` - -To build Bazel: - -* Open the msys2 shell. -* Clone the Bazel git repository as normal. -* Set the environment variables: - -```bash -export JAVA_HOME="$(ls -d C:/Program\ Files/Java/jdk* | sort | tail -n 1)" -export BAZEL_SH=c:/tools/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe -``` - -* Run ``compile.sh`` in Bazel directory. -* If all works fine, bazel will be built at ``output\bazel.exe``. |