@@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ in this section, since the process for each is quite different.
217217For Visual Studio, you can use CMake to generate Visual Studio solution files;
218218note that you will need at least CMake 3.11 for linking to work correctly).
219219
220- Note that you need a Fortran compiler if you plan to build and use the LAPACK
221- functions included with OpenBLAS. The sections below describe using either
220+ Note that you need a Fortran compiler if you plan to build and use the latest version
221+ of the LAPACK functions included with OpenBLAS. (If you do not have a Fortran compiler
222+ installed, you can build an older version of the LAPACK sources that has been converted
223+ to C - but its performance will likely be slower and accuracy may be poorer too.)
224+ The sections below describe using either
222225` flang ` as an add-on to clang/LLVM or ` gfortran ` as part of MinGW for this
223226purpose. If you want to use the Intel Fortran compiler (` ifort ` or ` ifx ` ) for
224227this, be sure to also use the Intel C compiler (` icc ` or ` icx ` ) for building
@@ -231,15 +234,14 @@ to grab all of the tools we need, since some of them are in an experimental
231234status. Before you begin, you'll need to have Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 or
232235newer installed.
233236
234- 1 . Install Miniconda3 for 64-bit Windows using ` winget install --id Anaconda.Miniconda3 ` ,
235- or easily download from [ conda.io ] ( https://docs. conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html ) .
237+ 1 . Install Miniforge for 64-bit Windows with the latest version of the installer Miniforge3-Windows-x86_64.exe
238+ available on [ github.com ] ( https://github.com/ conda-forge/miniforge/releases/ )
2362392 . Open the "Anaconda Command Prompt" now available in the Start Menu, or at ` %USERPROFILE%\miniconda3\shell\condabin\conda-hook.ps1 ` .
2372403 . In that command prompt window, use ` cd ` to change to the directory where you want to build OpenBLAS.
2382414 . Now install all of the tools we need:
239242 ```
240243 conda update -n base conda
241- conda config --add channels conda-forge
242- conda install -y cmake flang clangdev perl libflang ninja
244+ conda install -y cmake flang_win-64 clangdev perl libflang ninja
243245 ```
2442465 . Still in the Anaconda Command Prompt window, activate the 64-bit MSVC environment with ` vcvarsall x64 ` .
245247 On Windows 11 with Visual Studio 2022, this would be done by invoking:
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