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> It means I need to install Visual Studio. I mean, sure, but (unless things have changed dramatically in the many years since I was a Windows dev) you don't h

> It means I need to install Visual Studio. I mean, sure, but (unless things have changed dramatically in the many years since I was a Windows dev) you don't have to do anything more than install VS. The compilers and nmake can be used without opening the GUI. IIRC, you can feed a VS project file (or -I'm pretty sure- a solution file) to nmake and get the same result you'd get from loading the GUI and pressing build.

chris_wot 11y ago
Definitely time for me to get off my backside and install Visual Studio then...
yuubi 11y ago
Confirming you can feed a .sln file to msbuild (I did it the other day), no idea about whether nmake accepts them. Source: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin32.html#ChWin32Build https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin3... .
- simoncion 11y ago
  Ah, shit. I couldn't remember if the damn thing was called msbuild or nmake. [0] I guess one should replace all instances of nmake in my comment with msbuild. [0] I do know that they are both parts of the VS build tooling. ;)
  - yuubi 11y ago
    I think nmake is or was a normalish make.