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| author | Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-07-23 20:41:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-07-23 20:41:05 +0000 |
| commit | 01095a5d43bbfde13731688ddcf6048ebb8b7721 (patch) | |
| tree | 4def12e759965de927d963ac65840d663ef9d1ea /docs/GettingStartedVS.rst | |
| parent | f0f4822ed4b66e3579e92a89f368f8fb860e218e (diff) | |
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diff --git a/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst b/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst index 0ca50904ce44c..57ed875ca4f8d 100644 --- a/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst +++ b/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst @@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ approximately 3GB. Software -------- -You will need Visual Studio 2013 or higher. +You will need Visual Studio 2013 or higher, with the latest Update installed. You will also need the `CMake <http://www.cmake.org/>`_ build system since it -generates the project files you will use to build with. +generates the project files you will use to build with. CMake 2.8.12.2 is the +minimum required version for building with Visual Studio, though the latest +version of CMake is recommended. If you would like to run the LLVM tests you will need `Python <http://www.python.org/>`_. Version 2.7 and newer are known to work. You will @@ -91,6 +93,10 @@ Here's the short story for getting up and running quickly with LLVM: using LLVM. Another important option is ``LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD``, which controls the LLVM target architectures that are included on the build. + * If CMake complains that it cannot find the compiler, make sure that + you have the Visual Studio C++ Tools installed, not just Visual Studio + itself (trying to create a C++ project in Visual Studio will generally + download the C++ tools if they haven't already been). * See the :doc:`LLVM CMake guide <CMake>` for detailed information about how to configure the LLVM build. * CMake generates project files for all build types. To select a specific |