setup-windows.md

Setup for Windows

Setup instructions for Windows 10. All scripts are PowerShell.

PowerShell

In PowerShell as Administrator:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine

This will allow you to execute PowerShell scripts locally on your machine.

Chocolatey

In PowerShell as Administrator:

Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Close and reopen PowerShell after that.

Set cache directory

In PowerShell as Administrator:

choco config set cacheLocation C:/ChocoCache

Upgrade

choco upgrade chocolatey

Visual Studio 2022

This is needed for the C++ compiler. Install Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition.

During installation select C++ desktop development and latest Windows 10 SDK.

After installation open Visual Studio and check for updates. Install the latest 2022 version that is available.

CMake

Install via Chocolatey. In PowerShell as Administrator:

choco uninstall cmake
choco install cmake --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'

Ninja

Install via Chocolatey. In PowerShell as Administrator:

choco install ninja

Environment

Update $env:PSModulePath so that you can use PowerShell modules.

In PowerShell as Administrator:

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PSModulePath", "$HOME/Documents/WindowsPowerShell/Modules;" + $env:PSModulePath, "Machine")

VSSetup (Visual Studio Setup PowerShell Module)

In PowerShell as Administrator:

Install-Module VSSetup -Scope CurrentUser

Test. Close and reopen PowerShell:

Get-VSSetupInstance `
| Select-VSSetupInstance -Version '[17.0,18.0]' `
| Select-Object -ExpandProperty InstallationPath

This finds the installation path for Visual Studio 2022.

See Selecting an Instance

Visual Studio Code

Download and install from Visual Studio Code site.

Open Visual Studio Code and press Ctrl + Shift + p. Select Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH.