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Building source on Windows

Prerequisites

  1. Latest Git with Large File Support selected during setup. For convenience, you might also use a Git UI client like GitExtensions.
  2. .NET 8.0 SDK
    • Run dotnet --info in a console or PowerShell window to see which versions you have installed.
  3. Visual Studio 2022 (the Community edition is free), with the following workloads. Follow this link if you would rather use a different IDE or the command line.
    • .NET desktop development with .NET Framework 4.7.2 targeting pack (should be enabled by default)
    • Desktop development with C++ with:
      • Windows 11 SDK (10.0.22621.0) or a later version (should be enabled by default)
      • MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools (Latest) (should be enabled by default)
      • MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ ARM64/ARM64EC build tools (Latest) (not enabled by default, click Individual components tab to select or search)
      • C++/CLI support for v143 build tools (Latest) (not enabled by default)
    • Optional (to target iOS/Android): .NET Multi-platform App UI development and the Android SDK setup individual component (enabled by default). Then, in Visual Studio, go to Tools > Android > Android SDK Manager and install NDK (version 20.1+) from the Tools tab.
    • Optional (to build the VSIX package): Visual Studio extension development
Note

The installation of Visual Studio with the required components may require up to 14 GB of disk space, depending on your system and selected components.

Warning

If this is your first time installing the .NET SDK, you might need to restart your system after the installation so that the system can recognize the new environment variables.

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