From 58948c53ff8f445b711e95f0684019d597ed9ace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Habermeier Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:36:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] clarify windows instructions [ci skip] --- README.md | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f807be3a4..11f76acdd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -49,14 +49,13 @@ $ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh - Windows -Make sure you have Visual Studio 2015 with C++ support installed, download and run [rustup](https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/dist/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/rustup-init.exe) and use the following command to setup msvc toolchain: + Make sure you have Visual Studio 2015 with C++ support installed. Next, use the following commands to install and set up the msvc toolchain: + ``` + $ rustup toolchain install stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc + $ rustup default stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc + ``` -``` -rustup default stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -``` - - -Then, download and build Parity: +Once you have rustup, download and build parity: ```bash # download Parity code @@ -68,11 +67,11 @@ $ cargo build --release ``` This will produce an executable in the `target/release` subdirectory. -Either run `cd target/release`, or copy `target/release/parity` to another location. +Either run `cd target/release` or copy `target/release/parity` to another location. To get started, just run ```bash $ parity ``` -and parity will begin syncing the Ethereum blockchain. +and parity will begin syncing the Ethereum blockchain. \ No newline at end of file