1: [Optional but Recommended] Install 7-zip. Add it to your PATH. 7-zip is not needed to build, but it is needed to make the HTCondor .ZIP file. You will not be able to build the PACKAGE target witout 7-zip. *::http://www.7-zip.org/download.html +6: [Optional] Install WiX 3.0 on your windows machine (Depends on Visual Studio). WiX is not needed to build, but it is needed to create the MSI installer. +*::http://wix.codeplex.com/ + 1: [Optional] install git and add it to your PATH, git is one way to get the HTCondor sources. It is not needed if you already have the sources. *::http://git-scm.com/download -{subsubsection: Windows clones} +{blockquote} **IMPORTANT GIT CONFIG for windows** you most set a global git config value or patch files will fail because the sources will be modified during cloning of the repository. +{endblockquote} {code} from command line enter: git config -global core.autocrlf false {endcode} -6: [Optional] Install WiX 3.0 on your windows machine (Depends on Visual Studio). WiX is not needed to build, but it is needed to create the MSI installer. -*::http://wix.codeplex.com/ {subsection: Building }