Windows: Replace VisualStudio with gcc/clang?

Magnus Ihse Bursie magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com
Mon Mar 12 15:47:14 UTC 2018



> 12 mars 2018 kl. 16:36 skrev Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>:
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>> On 2018-03-12 03:18, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> Question: Is the Visual Studio Express (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-express/) such a hassle to install?
> Just to comment on this. Microsoft has introduced standalone C++ build tools:
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> http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools
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> I haven't looked into it yet, but it seems to be a much more lightweight alternative to installing Visual Studio if you just want to be able to build something. We should certainly make sure this works when full support for VS 2017 is in.

That's nice! I have missed that one.

/Magnus

> 
> /Erik




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