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Windows support #2133

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ghost opened this issue Jun 25, 2020 · 8 comments
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Windows support #2133

ghost opened this issue Jun 25, 2020 · 8 comments
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area/build Discussions about build and compilation issues effort/weeks Effort: Multiple Weeks help wanted Extra attention is needed kind/feature Kind: Feature need/team-input Hint: Needs Team Input P3 P3: Might get resolved

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@ghost
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ghost commented Jun 25, 2020

Will lotus support windows operating system? I think it would be a great idea since many users don't need to install a separate linux system.
@RobQuistNL
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You pretty much need a dedicated system anyway, and Windows has licencing costs, too (apart from it being less secure and less fast), so I'm quite sure WIndows is not a high priority.

You might be able to compile the project on Windows - most of it is written in Go, so you can cross-compile that to different platforms.

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magik6k commented Jun 25, 2020

We definitely should look into full node support on Windows, I'm not too sure about miner support

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eshon commented Jun 30, 2020 •
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A .NET developer friend said it is straightforward to run lotus using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (Windows WSL docs). They tried setting up a miner and seal workers with WSL2 (Ubuntu subsystem) and said it worked well.

@siyy123 - developers using Windows will likely know about WSL so let us know what other use cases are necessary for compiling to Windows.

@magik6k magik6k changed the title will lotus support windows? Windows support Jun 30, 2020
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Possibly related: filecoin-project/sector-storage#62 (enables a library depending on Lotus to compile on Windows)

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xland commented Sep 23, 2022

Two years passed.
How about this issue's progress?

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eshon commented Sep 29, 2022

What is your use case for using Windows OS directly and now the Windows Subsystem for Linux @xland?

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hsn10 commented Sep 30, 2022

Light win build just only for storing / retrieving files without need to do full blockchain sync will be good start. WSL sucks.

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xland commented Oct 12, 2022

WSL sucks.

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