From f4d6b690020f6ff06758187a8c18e2daa8e1c85c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: probablycorey Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 11:00:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Split the windows build requirements by version --- docs/build-instructions/windows.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/build-instructions/windows.md b/docs/build-instructions/windows.md index 44ff5a6d5..d0be2e334 100644 --- a/docs/build-instructions/windows.md +++ b/docs/build-instructions/windows.md @@ -2,12 +2,23 @@ ## Requirements - * Windows 7 or later - * [Visual C++ 2010 Express](http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#DownloadFamilies_4) with [SP1](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23691) +### On Windows 7 + * [Visual C++ 2010 Express](http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#DownloadFamilies_4) + * [Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23691) * [node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) v0.10.x + * For 64-bit builds of node and native modules you **must** have the + [Windows 7 64-bit SDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279). + You may also need the [compiler update for the Windows SDK 7.1](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4422) + * [Python](http://www.python.org/download/) v2.7.x * [GitHub for Windows](http://windows.github.com/) +### On Windows 8 + * [Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop](http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#DownloadFamilies_2) + * [node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) v0.10.x + * [Python](http://www.python.org/download/) v2.7.x (required by [node-gyp](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp)) + * [GitHub for Windows](http://windows.github.com/) + ## Instructions ```bat From 5316d586d12518e1ce8707f3715c6e64acdff102 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: probablycorey Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 11:28:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add information about where application is located --- docs/build-instructions/windows.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/build-instructions/windows.md b/docs/build-instructions/windows.md index d0be2e334..71307a8d9 100644 --- a/docs/build-instructions/windows.md +++ b/docs/build-instructions/windows.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ cd C:\ git clone https://github.com/atom/atom/ cd atom - script\build + script\build # Creates application in the `Program Files` directory ``` ## Why do I have to use GitHub for Windows?