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## Setup build environment
We use the [.NET Command Line Interface][dotnet] (`dotnet`) to build
the managed components, and [CMake][] to build the native components (on
non-Windows platforms). Install `dotnet` by following their [documentation][].
We use the [.NET Command Line Interface][dotnet-cli] (`dotnet`) to
build the managed components, and [CMake][] to build the native
components (on non-Windows platforms). Install `dotnet` by following
their [documentation][cli-docs].
The version of .NET CLI is very important, you want a recent 1.0.0 beta
(**not** 1.0.1). The following instructions will install precisely
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> Previous installations of DNX, `dnvm`, or older installations of .NET CLI
> can cause odd failures when running. Please check your version.
[dotnet]: https://github.com/dotnet/cli#new-to-net-cli
[documentation]: https://dotnet.github.io/getting-started/
[dotnet-cli]: https://github.com/dotnet/cli#new-to-net-cli
[cli-docs]: https://dotnet.github.io/getting-started/
[CMake]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.12/cmake.html
### Linux
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#### Setup environment
* You need Visual Studio to compile the native host `powershell.exe`.
* Install the Visual C++ Compiler via Visual Studio 2015.
If you don't have any visual studio installed, you can use [Visual Studio 2015
Community edition][vs].
This component is required to compile the native `powershell.exe` host.
**Troubleshooting note:** you need a **VC++** compiler from it (it's an optional component).
If `cmake` output says that it cannot determine `C` and `CXX` compilers, you ever don't have VS 2015 installed,
or you don't have `C++` component installed.
This is an optionally installed component, so you may need to run the
Visual Studio installer again.
* Add `msbuild` to `PATH` or create PowerShell alias to it.
If you don't have any Visual Studio installed, you can use
[Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition][vs].
> Compiling with older versions should work, but we don't test it.
**Troubleshooting note:** If `cmake` says that it cannot determine the
`C` and `CXX` compilers, you either don't have Visual Studio, or you
don't have the Visual C++ Compiler component installed.
* Add `msbuild` to `PATH`, or create a PowerShell alias to it.
```powershell
Set-Alias msbuild C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
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choco install cmake.portable
```
* Install dotnet-cli via their [documentation][]
* Install .NET CLI via their [documentation][cli-docs]
[vs]: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx
[Chocolatey]: https://chocolatey.org/packages/cmake.portable