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diff --git a/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt b/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt index 06d7b2fb3..fce39d603 100644 --- a/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt +++ b/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt @@ -1,18 +1,24 @@ Building with Visual C++, prerequises
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+
This document describes how to compile, build and install curl and libcurl
from sources using the Visual C++ build tool. To build with VC++, you will
of course have to first install VC++. The minimum required version of
- VC is 6 (part of Visual Studio 6). However using a more recent version like
- 2008 (vc9) is strongly recommended.
+ VC is 6 (part of Visual Studio 6). However using a more recent version is
+ strongly recommended.
VC++ is also part of the Windows Platform SDK. You do not have to install
the full Visual Studio or Visual C++ if all you want is to build curl.
- The Platform SDK can be fetched here, freely:
+ The latest Platform SDK can be downloaded freely from:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924
+ If you are building with VC6 then you will also need the February 2003
+ Edition of the Platform SDK which can be downloaded from:
+
+ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12261
+
If you wish to support zlib, openssl, ssh2, you will have to download
them separately and copy them to the deps directory as shown below:
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