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rework windows build documentation, thanks Georges Russell for the hint

Samuel Thibault 14 years ago
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@@ -23,17 +23,26 @@ http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/
 
 http://www.open-mpi.org/projects/hwloc
 
-4. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Studio Express
+4. Install Microsoft Visual C++ Studio Express
 
    http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads
 
-   On cygwin (and mingw), add in your path the following directories:
+   Add in your path the following directories.
+   (adjusting where necessary for the Installation location according to VC
+    version and on 64 and 32bit Windows versions)
 
-   export PATH=/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/Common7/IDE:$PATH
-   export PATH=/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0/VC/bin:$PATH
+   On cygwin, with Visual C++ 2010 e.g.;
    
-   Try to call <lib.exe> and <link.exe> from MinGW, else no .def or .lib file
-   will be produced.
+   export PATH="/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/Common7/IDE":$PATH
+   export PATH="/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin":$PATH
+   
+   On MingW, with Visual C++ 2010, e.g.;
+   
+   export PATH="/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/Common7/IDE":$PATH
+   export PATH="/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin":$PATH
+   
+   Try to call <lib.exe> and <link.exe> without any option to make sure these
+   dump their help output, else no .def or .lib file will be produced.
 
 5. Install GPU Drivers (not mandatory)