windows.md

Windows

Requirements

• Windows 7 or later
• Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Express
• node.js - 32bit v0.10.x
• Python 2.7.x
• GitHub for Windows to your PATH
• Open the Windows GitHub shell (NOT the Standard PowerShell, the shortcut labeled 'Git Shell' - make sure you have logged in at least once to the GitHub for Windows GUI App)
• $env:Path = $env:Path + ";C:\path\to\atom\repo\node_modules"

Instructions

cd C:\Users\<user>\github
git clone https://github.com/atom/atom/
cd atom
script\build

Why do I have to use GitHub for Windows? Can't I just use my existing Git?

You totally can! GitHub for Windows's Git Shell just takes less work to set up. You need to have Posix tools in your %PATH% (i.e. grep, sed, et al.), which isn't the default configuration when you install Git. To fix this, you probably need to fiddle with your system PATH.

Troubleshooting

Some of the most common errors include:

gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install

and

>> The system cannot find the path specified.

These two error messages can usually be ignored. The solution to these errors is to re-run script\build, possibly several times.

If your Visual Studio is in a non-standard location, and you get the error You must have Visual Studio 2010 or 2012 installed, you need to modify apm\node_modules\atom-package-manager\lib\config.js around line 90 and replace the variable with your Visual Studio directory plus Common7/IDE.

Example:

vs2010Path = "H:/VS2010/Common7/IDE"