From 47c9cce6c3d6ab689d2473ea6551e526b4a1b227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Silvio Traversaro Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:54:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document how to enable long path support on Windows --- doc/conda-forge.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/conda-forge.md b/doc/conda-forge.md index 9f88bc378..a60ca83b2 100644 --- a/doc/conda-forge.md +++ b/doc/conda-forge.md @@ -228,9 +228,12 @@ cmake --build . --config Release **IMPORTANT: If you use Visual Studio 2022, the fourth command needs to be changed in `cmake -G"Visual Studio 17 2022" ..`. Visual Studio 2017 or earlier are not supported.** +**IMPORTANT: On Windows, you need to make sure that your Windows installation has enabled support long path, see how to do that in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=registry#enable-long-paths-in-windows-10-version-1607-and-later.** **IMPORTANT: conda-forge does not provide Debug version of its libraries, so in Windows you can't compile in Debug mode if you are using conda-forge.** + + ### Run software installed On **Linux**, **macOS** or **Windows with Git Bash**, you can at this point run the software compiled by source with the robotology-superbuild in any new terminal as: