Environment-Windows.md

Windows 10 / Windows 11

• Install Git from https://git-scm.com/.
• Install Node.js 16 from https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v16.x/.
• Install node-gyp compilation environment for the third-party denpendencies.

  • Official: You can follow node-gyp installation instructions.

  • Alternative: Open Git Bash as administrator and follow the steps below. This will take about half an hour.

    > npm install -g windows-build-tools
    > npm config set msvs_version 2017

    or

    > npm config set @xiekun1992:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com/
    > npm config set //npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=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
    > npm install -g @xiekun1992/[email protected]
    > npm config set msvs_version 2017

    Note: By now the latest version of windows-build-tools is v5.2.2, which has an issue of Visual Studio Build Tools in endless wait loop. In order to save your time, we fixed the bug and provide the second way.