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win, build: update Windows build documentation
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BUILDING.md

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and tools which can be included in the global `PATH`.
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* The [NetWide Assembler](http://www.nasm.us/), for OpenSSL assembler modules.
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If not installed in the default location, it needs to be manually added
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to `PATH`. A build with the `openssl-no-asm` option does not need this.
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to `PATH`. A build with the `openssl-no-asm` option does not need this, nor
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does a build targeting ARM64 Windows.
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* **Optional** (to build the MSI): the [WiX Toolset v3.11](http://wixtoolset.org/releases/)
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and the [Wix Toolset Visual Studio 2017 Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RobMensching.WixToolsetVisualStudio2017Extension).
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* **Optional** Tools for compiling for Windows 10 on ARM (ARM64):
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* (Due to a GYP limitation, building for Windows 10 on ARM must be done on Windows 10 on ARM.)
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* Visual Studio 15.9.0 or newer
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* Optional components
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* Visual C++ compilers and libraries for ARM64
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* Visual C++ ATL for ARM64
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* Windows 10 SDK 10.0.17763.0 or newer
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If the path to your build directory contains a space or a non-ASCII character,
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the build will likely fail.

tools/bootstrap/README.md

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Install-BoxstarterPackage https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/master/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter -DisableReboots
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Entire installation will take up about 8 GB of disk space.
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Entire installation will take up about 10 GB of disk space.
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## Linux
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tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter

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# Installs VS 2017 Build Tools
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choco install visualstudio2017buildtools -y
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choco install visualstudio2017-workload-vctools -y
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choco install visualstudio2017-workload-vctools -y --params="--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM64"
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# NASM
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choco install nasm -y

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