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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-07-29 03:06:42 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-07-29 03:06:42 -0700 |
| commit | 0126b7d7356785b13ad0b3a735f56939148906f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 3439fd429a6978a7fa24b75ff44e02eb977703a5 /Tools/msi | |
| parent | 78c54de575fd121d91749c2316fef1949d76fb07 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-0126b7d7356785b13ad0b3a735f56939148906f4.tar.gz | |
Updated MSI README to mention dependency on .NET 3.5. (GH-8375)
(cherry picked from commit c536beedd50b0071208b4108ba9b48a36ffced79)
Co-authored-by: Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Tools/msi/README.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/Tools/msi/README.txt b/Tools/msi/README.txt index 1908f5c3a4..07ea9f744b 100644 --- a/Tools/msi/README.txt +++ b/Tools/msi/README.txt @@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ Before building the installer, download extra build dependencies using Tools\msi\get_externals.bat. (Note that this is in addition to the similarly named file in PCbuild.) +One of the dependencies used in builds is WiX, a toolset that lets developers +create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. WiX +has a dependency on the Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.5 (which may not be +configured on recent versions of Windows, such as Windows 10). If you are +building on a recent Windows version, use the Control Panel (Programs | Programs +and Features | Turn Windows Features on or off) and ensure that the entry +".NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)" is enabled. + For testing, the installer should be built with the Tools/msi/build.bat script: |