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Python: missing windows prerequisite

Open roblogic opened this issue 7 years ago • 5 comments

Assuming the user has npm, they will also need Python installed somewhere, lest they get a horrible message like this. image

Please consider adding the following to the README:

npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

Python should now be installed to %USERPROFILE%\.windows-build-tools\python27.

(per https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows-build-tools )

roblogic avatar May 31 '18 04:05 roblogic

Another problem in the README: git clone [email protected]:mads-hartmann/ide-bash && cd ide-bash won't work with Windows Powershell. A possibly more platform-agnostic approach is:

cd <somewhere>
git clone https://github.com/mads-hartmann/ide-bash.git
cd ide-bash

(https is more friendly to users on corporate networks)

roblogic avatar May 31 '18 04:05 roblogic

@papesch I know next to nothing about getting a proper developer environment up and running on Windows. Could I persuade you to open a PR with these additions to the README? ☺️ Also if you have any ideas on how to fix https://github.com/mads-hartmann/bash-language-server/issues/41 I'd truly appreciate it

mads-hartmann avatar May 31 '18 07:05 mads-hartmann

( comment moved to mads-hartmann/ide-bash#4 ) PS: pull request? possibly, never tried it :P

roblogic avatar May 31 '18 09:05 roblogic

@papesch Thanks a lot for the hints! Could I get you to comment this in the other issue - perhaps someone on a windows computer wants to try it out 👍

mads-hartmann avatar May 31 '18 11:05 mads-hartmann

The issues in mads-hartmann/bash-language-server#41 seem more specific to VS Code, but a similar problem to the Atom spawn issue I suppose. Could be mitigated by mads-hartmann/ide-bash#1

roblogic avatar Jun 01 '18 02:06 roblogic