A Guide for Windows Users

[pluveto]

(In admin mode, powershell)

1. Install choco, a package manager.
2. Install make choco install make --source=cygwin
3. Add C:\tools\cygwin\bin to PATH environment variable.
4. Run make update

[geoffreygarrett]

I personally use conda as a package manager and a way of separating environments (similar effects as docker). Small note: it's a lot more than just a Python package manager, it can be, and is, used for a many languages.

I'm more than willing to write a guide to use conda to setup environments (Go, compilers, Hugo, etc) all in fewer steps, where it would a (mostly) single process would apply across Mac, Linux, and Windows.

Also, on a tangent @jackyzha0, I have some experience publishing packages on conda too, so if you want everything mentioned in as little as conda install quartz, with entry points configured such as quartz serve (and others mentioned in #81), I can make a proposal, perhaps on a dev branch where we can prototype.

[jackyzha0]

Woah, @geoffreygarrett that could be immensely useful. Definitely spin up a proposal in an issue and we can move from there!

[geoffreygarrett]

I'm more than willing to write a guide to use conda to setup environments (Go, compilers, Hugo, etc) all in fewer steps, where it would a (mostly) single process would apply across Mac, Linux, and Windows.

I will follow-up on the conda documentation component of this in a week or so, now that I know there's no specific desire to stay away from conda. Ping me here if I get carried away with work.

[jackyzha0]

Hey @geoffreygarrett I know it's been a while, just wanted to bump on this!

[jackyzha0]

Closing as inactive for now