You need to install the CUDA development kit only if you plan to build Blender with CUDA support. You might otherwise run into weird issues later (the compiler won’t find the libraries) Step 6: Install the CUDA SDK (Optional, ~3 hours) However, please take care to use exactly the commands as given above. If you are planning to build for both build types, then you are free to checkout both library sets.

$ svn checkout $baselink/windows_vc14/ lib/windows_vc14 $ svn checkout $baselink/win64_vc14 lib/win64_vc14įor 32 Bit builds you will use this command: /d/development/lib Now you need to know if you are building for a 64 bit operating system or on a 32 bit operating system Depending on this you will need to fetch different libraries (again, be patient, you will fetch several hundreds of Megabytes and it might take a couple of hours to fetch these libraries):įor 64 Bit builds you will use this command (attention, you will move 6.5 GByte over the net): /d/development/lib $# you can check that all is well by listing the directory: Open a fresh Git Bash and navigate to your development folder (the one into which you have loaded the Blender sources) and there you will create a library folder as follows: /c Quickinfo: Download and install Visual Studio Community 2017 Step 1: Install the Compiler (~15 minutes) Otherwise Windows tends to install the software at weird places (at least at places where the build environment never looks at)ġ: If you prefer to setup everything with a normal user account, then please be prepared that occasionally an installer will prompt you for the Administrator password. And i believe it is very useful to login as Administrator when you are installing the tools. You need an Administrator Account on your computer 1.Make sure that you have about 20 Gigabytes of free space on your computer disks.Be prepared to download a few Gigabytes.If you have a different internet speed then the estimated times will vary a lot. The estimated times below are based on a 10mbit upload and 50 mbit download network connection. Make sure you have a connection to the internet.Please feel free to add comments to this page with feedback and your requests for improvement.

It is not any official advice and there is no guarantee that this works. Disclaimer: This is just one way to install the necessary software.

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