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This page contains instructions of building [[RetroArch]] from source. Most average users should use prebuilt binaries instead.

=Building on Windows=

==Building on Windows==

The recommended toolchain for building RetroArch on Windows is MinGW-w64 running inside the MSYS2 environment. Installers for MSYS2 can be found at [https://msys2.github.io/ msys2.github.io]. Other toolchains like TDM-GCC or Visual Studio can work, but this guide will only cover MSYS2.

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The following commands will install everything you need to build RetroArch in your MSYS2 environment.

*For 32 bit builds run:

*For 32-bit builds run:

pacman -S --noconfirm --needed git make mingw-w64-i686-toolchain mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config mingw-w64-i686-SDL2 mingw-w64-i686-libxml2 mingw-w64-i686-freetype mingw-w64-i686 python3 mingw-w64-i686-ffmpeg

*For 64 bit builds:

*For 64-bit builds:

pacman -S --noconfirm --needed git make mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2 mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 mingw-w64-x86_64-freetype mingw-w64-x86_64-python3 mingw-w64-x86_64-ffmpeg

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pacman -U --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-nvidia-cg-toolkit-3.1-2-any.pkg.tar.xz

After installing the packages, close the MSYS2 shell and open either MinGW-w64 Win64 Shell for 64 bit builds or MinGW-w64 Win32 Shell if you want to build for 32 bit systems. Both should be available in your Start Menu.

After installing the packages, close the MSYS2 shell and open either MinGW-w64 Win64 Shell for 64-bit builds or MinGW-w64 Win32 Shell if you want to build for 32-bit systems. Both should be available in your Start Menu.

==Cloning RetroArch and libretro repositories==

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 This page contains instructions of building [[RetroArch]] from source. Most average users should use prebuilt binaries instead.
-=Building on Windows=
+==Building on Windows==
 The recommended toolchain for building RetroArch on Windows is MinGW-w64 running inside the MSYS2 environment. Installers for MSYS2 can be found at [https://msys2.github.io/ msys2.github.io]. Other toolchains like TDM-GCC or Visual Studio can work, but this guide will only cover MSYS2.
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 The following commands will install everything you need to build RetroArch in your MSYS2 environment.
-*For 32 bit builds run:
+*For 32-bit builds run:
   pacman -S --noconfirm --needed git make mingw-w64-i686-toolchain mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config mingw-w64-i686-SDL2 mingw-w64-i686-libxml2 mingw-w64-i686-freetype mingw-w64-i686 python3 mingw-w64-i686-ffmpeg
-*For 64 bit builds:
+*For 64-bit builds:
   pacman -S --noconfirm --needed git make mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2 mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 mingw-w64-x86_64-freetype mingw-w64-x86_64-python3 mingw-w64-x86_64-ffmpeg
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   pacman -U --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-nvidia-cg-toolkit-3.1-2-any.pkg.tar.xz
-After installing the packages, close the MSYS2 shell and open either MinGW-w64 Win64 Shell for 64 bit builds or MinGW-w64 Win32 Shell if you want to build for 32 bit systems. Both should be available in your Start Menu.
+After installing the packages, close the MSYS2 shell and open either MinGW-w64 Win64 Shell for 64-bit builds or MinGW-w64 Win32 Shell if you want to build for 32-bit systems. Both should be available in your Start Menu.
 ==Cloning RetroArch and libretro repositories==