Step by step guide for how to compile eclair on Windows

Step by step guide for how to compile eclair (including GUI) from source:

download Maven and unpack into C:\compiling\maven or your preferred folder

follow the instructions in the C:\compiling\maven\README.txt

download most up to date eclair source code package: https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/archive/master.zip

or the latest official release (this doesn't contain the most recent updates though): https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases

unzip into C:\compiling\eclair-master

run Windows PowerShell as Administrator and navigate into source code folder (i.e. eclair-master):

cd..

cd compiling\eclair-master

now you should be inside the source code folder:

C:\compiling\eclair-master>

from inside the source code folder run this command:

C:\compiling\maven\bin\mvn.cmd package -DskipTests -e

if everything runs through, you can find the binaries as a zip file in

C:\compiling\eclair-master\eclair-node-gui\target

C:\compiling\eclair-master\eclair-node\target

With an old 2010 i5-M520 @2.4ghz, SSD and 8Gig RAM it takes around 9 minutes.

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