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@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@ For compiling under Windows, the following is required:
will have to run/download the installer again.**
- `MinGW-w64 <http://mingw-w64.org/>`_ with GCC can be used as an alternative to
Visual Studio. Be sure to install/configure it to use the ``posix`` thread model.
**Important:** When using MinGW to compile the ``master`` branch, you need GCC 9 or later. Because
MinGW has not officially released GCC 9 yet, you can get an alternate installer from
`here <https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/articles/2020-03/9.2.0-release>`_.
**Important:** When using MinGW to compile the ``master`` branch, you need GCC 9 or later.
- `Python 3.5+ <https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/>`_.
- `SCons 3.0 <https://www.scons.org/>`_ build system. If using Visual Studio 2019,
you need at least SCons 3.1.1.
**Make sure to enable the option to add Python to the ``PATH`` in the installer.**
- `SCons <https://www.scons.org/>`_ build system. Using the latest release is
recommended, especially for proper support of recent Visual Studio releases.
.. note:: If you have `Scoop <https://scoop.sh/>`_ installed, you can easily
install MinGW and other dependencies using the following command::
@@ -43,13 +42,6 @@ For compiling under Windows, the following is required:
For a general overview of SCons usage for Godot, see
:ref:`doc_introduction_to_the_buildsystem`.
Setting up Python
-----------------
First you need to install Python 3.5 or newer. Make sure to enable the option
to add Python to the ``PATH`` in the Python installer. The SCons installer
should then detect and use the existing Python installation.
Setting up SCons
----------------
@@ -72,6 +64,10 @@ environment variable after installing it, then check again.
You can do so by running the Python installer again and enabling the option
to add Python to the ``PATH``.
If SCons cannot detect your Visual Studio installation, it might be that your
SCons version is too old. Update it to the latest version with
``python -m pip install --upgrade scons``.
.. _doc_compiling_for_windows_install_vs:
Installing Visual Studio caveats