Skip this step if you are building from a WiredTiger release package, and proceed with Building on Windows
First, clone the repository:
Now proceed with Building on Windows
Building WiredTiger on Windows requires SCons as well as the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler in Microsoft Visual Studio.
Change directory to the top-level directory, then build the software:
To rebuild from scratch, discard any previous configuration by cleaning out the build area:
To see additional configuration options, run:
To build the python language support, a 64-bit version of Python is required. The required version is referred to as x86-64 on Python.org or x64 on ActiveState Python.
The WiredTiger software consists of a library and a single standalone utility.
WiredTiger's distribution follows the GNU Coding Standards installation guidelines, and by default WiredTiger builds and installs a static library and dll version of the library.
To install WiredTiger:
To install WiredTiger's libraries or binaries into alternate locations, you can use the –prefix configuration option.
The WiredTiger software supports some additional configuration options:
–enable-attach
–enable-diagnostic
–enable-python
–enable-snappy
–enable-verbose
verbose
configuration string to wiredtiger_open.–enable-zlib