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Windows

The command line commands here must be run in git-bash not command prompt or you will get syntax errors.

Dependencies

C++ build environment

Download msvc and install. Select Windows as Developer machine OS and check C++, then download Visual Studo Community version and install. The installation may take a while.

Rust develop environment

Download rustup-init.exe and run it as administrator to install rust.

vcpkg

Go to the folder you want to clone vcpkg and use git-bash to run the following commands， download vcpkg, install 64bit version of libvpx, libyuv and opus. If you don’t have git installed, get git here.

  git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
  cd vcpkg
  git checkout 2021.12.01
  cd ..
  vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
  export VCPKG_ROOT=$PWD/vcpkg
  vcpkg/vcpkg install libvpx:x64-windows-static libyuv:x64-windows-static opus:x64-windows-static

Add System environment variable VCPKG_ROOT=<path>\vcpkg. The <path> should be the location you chose above to clone vcpkg.

sciter

Desktop versions use sciter for GUI, please download sciter.dll

llvm

rust-bindgen depends on clang, download llvm and install，add System environment variable LIBCLANG_PATH=<llvm_install_dir>/bin.

You can download 15.02 of the LLVM binaries here: 64-bit / 32-bit

Build

Default

git clone https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
cd rustdesk
mkdir -p target/debug
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk/master/bin.win/x64/sciter.dll
mv sciter.dll target/debug
cargo run