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doc: remove obsolete Boxstarter automated install
PR-URL: #61785 Fixes: #61690 Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <richard.lau@ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Marco Ippolito <marcoippolito54@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Stefan Stojanovic <stefan.stojanovic@janeasystems.com> Reviewed-By: Tierney Cyren <hello@bnb.im> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com>
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BUILDING.md

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* [Windows Prerequisites](#windows-prerequisites)
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* [Option 1: Manual install](#option-1-manual-install)
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* [Option 2: Automated install with WinGet](#option-2-automated-install-with-winget)
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* [Option 3: Automated install with Boxstarter](#option-3-automated-install-with-boxstarter)
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* [Building Node.js](#building-nodejs-2)
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* [Using ccache](#using-ccache)
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* [Android](#android)
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winget configure .\.configurations\configuration.dsc.yaml
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##### Option 3: Automated install with Boxstarter
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A [Boxstarter](https://boxstarter.org/) script can be used for easy setup of
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Windows systems with all the required prerequisites for Node.js development.
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This script will install the following [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/)
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packages:
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* [Git for Windows](https://chocolatey.org/packages/git) with the `git` and
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Unix tools added to the `PATH`
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* [Python 3.x](https://chocolatey.org/packages/python)
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* [Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2022buildtools)
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with [Visual C++ workload](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2022-workload-vctools)
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* [NetWide Assembler](https://chocolatey.org/packages/nasm)
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To install Node.js prerequisites using
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[Boxstarter WebLauncher](https://boxstarter.org/weblauncher), visit
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<https://boxstarter.org/package/nr/url?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/HEAD/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter>
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with a supported browser.
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Alternatively, you can use PowerShell. Run those commands from
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an elevated (Administrator) PowerShell terminal:
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```powershell
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Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force
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iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1'))
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get-boxstarter -Force
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Install-BoxstarterPackage https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/HEAD/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter -DisableReboots
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refreshenv
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```
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The entire installation using Boxstarter will take up approximately 10 GB of
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disk space.
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#### Building Node.js
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* Remember to first clone the Node.js repository with the Git command

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