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@@ -67,11 +67,24 @@ choice. Once this has finished successfully, run ``make`` and Windows ^^^^^^^ -You need to download and install a binary release of CMake in order to build -CMake. You can get these releases from the `CMake Download Page`_. Then -proceed with the instructions below. +There are two ways for building CMake under Windows: + +1. Compile with MSVC from VS 2015 or later. + You need to download and install a binary release of CMake. You can get + these releases from the `CMake Download Page`_. Then proceed with the + instructions below for `Building CMake with CMake`_. + +2. Bootstrap with MinGW under MSYS2. + Download and install `MSYS2`_. Then install the required build tools:: + + $ pacman -S --needed git base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc + + and bootstrap as above:: + + $ ./bootstrap && make .. _`CMake Download Page`: https://cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html +.. _`MSYS2`: https://www.msys2.org/ Building CMake with CMake ------------------------- |