This will require more than 30GB of free space on your hard drive.
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Install Visual Studio with "Desktop development with C++"
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Install CMake
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Install git
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Install vcpkg
git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git cd vcpkg .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat .\vcpkg integrate install .\vcpkg integrate powershell cd ..
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Configure the environment variables for vcpkg.
Check this document for more information for how to set environment variables on Windows.- Ensure your dependencies are built as 64-bit
e.g.setx VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET x64-windows
See documentation about Triplets
default isx86-windows
- Set VCPKG_ROOT to the vcpkg path
e.g.setx VCPKG_ROOT <path to vcpkg>
See VCPKG_ROOT documentation - Append the vcpkg path to your path
e.g.setx PATH "%PATH%;<path to vcpkg>"
- For more configurations, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/vcpkg/users/config-environment
- Ensure your dependencies are built as 64-bit
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You may need to restart your computer to ensure all your environment variables and what-not are loaded everywhere.
- Clone
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Chatterino/chatterino2.git
- Install dependencies
cd .\chatterino2\ vcpkg install
- Build
When using CMD, use
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$Env:VCPKG_ROOT/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" cd build cmake --build . --parallel <threads> --config Release
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=%VCPKG_ROOT%/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
to specify the toolchain. To build with plugins add-DCHATTERINO_PLUGINS=ON
tocmake -B build
command. - Run
.\bin\chatterino2.exe