From bcae74fb335c8055b81dcfe0ae499c40f5261f69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxime Gimeno Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 09:44:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update doc for vcpkg use --- Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt b/Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt index 77021a27a28..23ab27957b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt +++ b/Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt @@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ We refer to the official documentation of `vcpkg` if you want to compile for an older version of a compiler. +Because of a bug with gmp in vcpkg for windows, you need to install `yasm-tool` in 32 bits to be able to correctly build gmp 64bits, needed for cgal: + + C:\dev\vcpkg> ./vcpkg.exe install yasm-tool:x86-windows + You are now ready to install \cgal: C:\dev\vcpkg> ./vcpkg.exe install cgal -This will take several minutes as it downloads \mpir (a fork of \gmp), -\mpfr, all boost header files, and it will compile \mpir and \mpfr, as well +This will take several minutes as it downloads \gmp, +\mpfr, all boost header files, and it will compile \gmp and \mpfr, as well as several boost libraries. Afterwards, you will find the include files, libraries, and dlls in the subdirectory `C:\dev\vcpkg\installed\x64-windows`.