*Windows: (2008 instructions)* -Prior to building for the 1st time there are some prerequisites that you will need to configure +Prior to building for the 1st time there are some prerequisites that you will need to configure. -1: Download and install 7-zip (you will need to add it to your PATH) +1: Install git. Add it to your PATH. +*::http://git-scm.com/download + +1: Install 7-zip. Add it to your PATH. *::http://www.7-zip.org/download.html -2: Install Visual Studio. +2: Install Visual Studio. Add it to your PATH. *::Visual Studio 2010. Paid. *::: UW Madison staff can use MSDNAA: http://msdn04.e-academy.com/wiscmad_cs ; contact the CSL lab for an account if you don't have one. You'll get a .img file of the DVD. You can user 7-zip to extract the contents and install from there instead of burning a DVD or installing DVD emulation software. *::Visual Studio Express (Free to anyone) https://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/ -3: Install perl if not already on your machine +3: Install Perl. Add it to your PATH. *::http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads 4: Install the .NET 2.0 redistributable (May not be necessary if already installed. May be installed by default on Vista and later?) @@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ 5: Install the lastest platform SDK and reopen the solution. (Depends on .NET 2.0) *::http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924 -6: Download and install WiX 3.0 on your windows machine (Depends on Visual Studio) +6: Install WiX 3.0 on your windows machine (Depends on Visual Studio). Add it to your PATH. *::http://wix.codeplex.com/ 7: Patch your version of cmake/cpack to enable wix support by dropping the following into your cmake path. You may want to verify with a diff tool such as beyond compare when updating. *NOTE:* This patch is making it's way upstream, hopefully in the next point release.
