@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ The options known to work for building Bitcoin Core on Windows are:
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* On Linux, using the [ Mingw-w64] ( https://mingw-w64.org/doku.php ) cross compiler tool chain. Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 is required
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and is the platform used to build the Bitcoin Core Windows release binaries.
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* On Windows, using [ Windows
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- Subsystem for Linux (WSL)] ( https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/about ) and the Mingw-w64 cross compiler tool chain.
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+ Subsystem for Linux (WSL)] ( https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about ) and the Mingw-w64 cross compiler tool chain.
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+ * On Windows, using a native compiler tool chain such as [ Visual Studio] ( https://www.visualstudio.com ) .
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Other options which may work, but which have not been extensively tested are (please contribute instructions):
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- * On Windows, using a POSIX compatibility layer application such as [ cygwin] ( http://www.cygwin.com/ ) or [ msys2] ( http://www.msys2.org/ ) .
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- * On Windows, using a native compiler tool chain such as [ Visual Studio] ( https://www.visualstudio.com ) .
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+ * On Windows, using a POSIX compatibility layer application such as [ cygwin] ( https://www.cygwin.com/ ) or [ msys2] ( https://www.msys2.org/ ) .
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Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux
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With Windows 10, Microsoft has released a new feature named the [ Windows
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- Subsystem for Linux (WSL)] ( https://msdn .microsoft.com/commandline /wsl/about ) . This
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+ Subsystem for Linux (WSL)] ( https://docs .microsoft.com/windows /wsl/about ) . This
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feature allows you to run a bash shell directly on Windows in an Ubuntu-based
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environment. Within this environment you can cross compile for Windows without
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the need for a separate Linux VM or server. Note that while WSL can be installed with
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This feature is not supported in versions of Windows prior to Windows 10 or on
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Windows Server SKUs. In addition, it is available [ only for 64-bit versions of
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- Windows] ( https://msdn .microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/ wsl/install_guide ) .
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+ Windows] ( https://docs .microsoft.com/windows/ wsl/install-win10 ) .
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Full instructions to install WSL are available on the above link.
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To install WSL on Windows 10 with Fall Creators Update installed (version >= 16215.0) do the following:
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