From 265532221a5d26047b191b737dc6fadd8c610bd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David Humphrey (:humph) david.humphrey@senecacollege.ca" Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:30:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Also add note for Windows users about using --no-optional to skip iltorb build. --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 94cbc260e..2fc0fa82b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ Navigate to the root of the directory you cloned and run: $ npm install ``` +NOTE: if you are running on Windows, and experience a build error with the `iltorb` package, +consider adding the `--no-optional` flag to have npm skip installing `iltorb`, which is optional +and requires python, gyp and a working c++ build environment. +See comment in https://github.com/mozilla/brackets/pull/588#issuecomment-280438175 + Step 3: run the build You can build Bramble by running the npm build task: