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| author | Joshua Nelson <jyn514@gmail.com> | 2020-09-09 12:24:01 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-09-09 16:24:01 +0000 |
| commit | 3bbe9b8fa1036464dfecf83c64baae4d23ccfed9 (patch) | |
| tree | 29834a4c2e69ab51c2bad3fe89273b5f954241a2 /src/doc/rustc-dev-guide | |
| parent | 4373430365e446a0d03a2911ffeddccdee9f155f (diff) | |
| download | rust-3bbe9b8fa1036464dfecf83c64baae4d23ccfed9.tar.gz rust-3bbe9b8fa1036464dfecf83c64baae4d23ccfed9.zip | |
Update prerequisites, with an eye towards windows (#863)
* Update prerequisites, with an eye towards windows * Address review comments - Say version of MSVC needed - Link to more details windows section - Fix grammar
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diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/prerequisites.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/prerequisites.md index f4b0a92a4e0..63d5aca8e90 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/prerequisites.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/building/prerequisites.md @@ -4,20 +4,28 @@ Before building the compiler, you need the following things installed: -* `g++` 5.1 or later or `clang++` 3.5 or later -* `python` 3 or 2.7 -* GNU `make` 3.81 or later -* `cmake` 3.4.3 or later +* `python` 3 or 2.7 (under the name `python`; `python2` or `python3` will not work) * `curl` * `git` * `ssl` which comes in `libssl-dev` or `openssl-devel` * `pkg-config` if you are compiling on Linux and targeting Linux -Additionally, if you want to build `rustc` with your system's LLVM, you will -need `llvm-config`. See [this section for more info][sysllvm]. +If building LLVM from source (the default), you'll need additional tools: + +* `g++` 5.1 or later, `clang++` 3.5 or later, or MSVC 2017 or later. +* `ninja`, or GNU `make` 3.81 or later (ninja is recommended, especially on Windows) +* `cmake` 3.4.3 or later + +Otherwise, you'll need LLVM installed and `llvm-config` in your path. +See [this section for more info][sysllvm]. [sysllvm]: ./suggested.md#building-with-system-llvm +### Windows + +For more information about building on Windows, +see [the Rust README](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust#msvc). + ## Hardware These are not so much requirements as _recommendations_: |