Missing folder and files

[GeorgeS2019]

Further discussion here

The latest master has missing

• Utility folder
• dotnet-interactive.js
• dotnetKernel.zip

[brettfo]

I suspect our build instructions are out of date.

Can you try following the steps in DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md from a clean machine and let us know which steps don't work or are otherwise wrong? We can then update our instructions based on what we discover is incorrect.

[GeorgeS2019]

@brettfo

The most critical step 1 in Windows e.g. 10 or 11 is to git clone onto a drive that supports symbolic links.

Otherwise one would get when executing ensure-symlinks The device does not support symbolic links

Once ensure-symlinks is completed, then only run build.cmd

In summary, the critical step

1. Ensure using a drive that supports symbolic links
2. run ensure-symlinks
3. run build.cmd

The above image is most likely due to the failure of doing step 1. Without step 1, step 2 will not run. Without step 2, step 3 (build.cmd) would end up with errors

[brettfo]

I want to make sure I'm understanding the issue. Did you run the ensure-symlinks.ps1 script and saw the message The device does not support symbolic links? If so, did you:

1. Run the script in an admin PowerShell?
2. Is the drive formatted as NTFS? You mentioned in another post issues with an exFAT drive. Only NTFS is supported.

[GeorgeS2019]

@brettfo there is a need to advise users that the symbolic links script requires an NTFS drive.

[brettfo]

Thank you for the feedback, I've added a note to DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md that an NTFS-formatted drive is required in Windows.

Have you found any other places where our documentation is out-of-date?