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diff --git a/docs/installing-solidity.rst b/docs/installing-solidity.rst index 6726ded9..cba30ed3 100644 --- a/docs/installing-solidity.rst +++ b/docs/installing-solidity.rst @@ -203,19 +203,38 @@ Prerequisites - Windows You will need to install the following dependencies for Windows builds of Solidity: -+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ -| Software | Notes | -+==============================+=======================================================+ -| `Git for Windows`_ | Command-line tool for retrieving source from Github. | -+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ -| `CMake`_ | Cross-platform build file generator. | -+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ -| `Visual Studio 2015`_ | C++ compiler and dev environment. | -+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ ++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ +| Software | Notes | ++===================================+=======================================================+ +| `Git for Windows`_ | Command-line tool for retrieving source from Github. | ++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ +| `CMake`_ | Cross-platform build file generator. | ++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ +| `Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools`_ | C++ compiler | ++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ +| `Visual Studio 2017`_ (Optional) | C++ compiler and dev environment. | ++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ + +If you've already had one IDE and only need compiler and libraries, +you could install Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools. + +Visual Studio 2017 provides both IDE and necessary compiler and libraries. +So if you have not got an IDE and prefer to develop solidity, Visual Studio 2017 +may be an choice for you to get everything setup easily. + +Here is the list of components that should be installed +in Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools or Visual Studio 2017: + +* Visual Studio C++ core features +* VC++ 2017 v141 toolset (x86,x64) +* Windows Universal CRT SDK +* Windows 8.1 SDK +* C++/CLI support .. _Git for Windows: https://git-scm.com/download/win .. _CMake: https://cmake.org/download/ -.. _Visual Studio 2015: https://www.visualstudio.com/products/vs-2015-product-editions +.. _Visual Studio 2017: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/ +.. _Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017 External Dependencies @@ -263,7 +282,7 @@ And even for Windows: mkdir build cd build - cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" .. + cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" .. This latter set of instructions should result in the creation of **solidity.sln** in that build directory. Double-clicking on that file |