Build CKB on Windows

Please note that all commands should be ran as PowerShell commands.

Setup the Build Environment

Install Visual Studio 2019

Install Visual Studio 2019 with the workload: "Desktop development with C++".

minimum requirements: You can just select two individual components: "MSVC v142 - VS 2019 C++ x64/x86 build tools (vXX.XX)" and "Windows 10 SDK (10.0.X.0)".

Install Tools with Scoop

  • Install Scoop.

  • Install git, llvm, yasm and rustup via Scoop.

    scoop install git llvm yasm rustup

  • Install dependencies.

    • Add "extras" bucket for Scoop.

      scoop bucket add extras

    • yasm requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 runtime Libraries.

      scoop install vcredist2010

  • Configure Rust.

    rustup set default-host x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

Build CKB on Windows 10

  • Checkout the source code of CKB.

    git clone https://github.com/nervosnetwork/ckb
cd ckb

  • Build CKB.

    devtools/windows/make prod
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