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Get CKB Binary on Windows

Please note that, All commands listed below should be used through PowerShell.

Build from Source​

Setup the Build Environment​

Install Visual Studio 2019​

Install Visual Studio 2019 with the workload: "Desktop development with C++".

minimum requirements: You can just select two individual components: "MSVC v142 - VS 2019 C++ x64/x86 build tools (vXX.XX)" and "Windows 10 SDK (10.0.X.0)".

Install Tools with Scoop​

  • Install Scoop.

  • Install git, llvm, yasm and rustup via Scoop.

    scoop install git
    scoop install llvm
    scoop install yasm
    scoop install rustup

  • Install dependencies.

    • Add "extras" bucket for Scoop.

      scoop bucket add extras

    • yasm requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 runtime Libraries.

      scoop install vcredist2010

  • Configure Rust.

    rustup set default-host x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

Build CKB on Windows 10​

  • Checkout the source code of CKB.

    git clone https://github.com/nervosnetwork/ckb
    cd ckb

  • Build CKB.

    devtools/windows/make prod

Download from Releases​

We publish binaries for each release via Github Releases. You can download the package directly. They requires The Visual C++ Redistributable Packages, which can be downloaded under section Other Tools and Frameworks here or here.