From 1f1cb12d463a3ff5e987c7644336a0b167b29a37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cheng Zhao Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:50:46 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Build for 64bit target on Windows --- docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md b/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md index d561636..27403b7 100644 --- a/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md +++ b/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ * Visual Studio 2013 - [download VS 2013 Community Edition for free](http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs) * [Python 2.7](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/) -* 32bit [node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) +* [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) * [git](http://git-scm.com) If you don't have a Windows installation at the moment, @@ -54,10 +54,16 @@ python script\build.py -c D After building is done, you can find `atom.exe` under `out\D`. -## 64bit support +## 64bit build -Currently Electron can only be built for 32bit target on Windows, support for -64bit will come in future. +To build for the 64bit target, you need to pass `--target_arch=x64` when running +the bootstrap script: + +```powershell +python script\bootstrap.py -v --target_arch=x64 +``` + +The other building steps are exactly the same. ## Tests -- 2.7.4