From bef6909218f4d59327bb895fe33094d182ffb71b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ian=20Langworth=20=E2=98=A0?= Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:11:56 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update Windows build instructions I encountered a few problems when trying to build atom-shell under Windows. --- docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md b/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md index 4a736a5dd..6b395cd07 100644 --- a/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md +++ b/docs/development/build-instructions-windows.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ * Windows 2008 at least * Visual Studio 2013 * [Python 2.7](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/) -* 32bit [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) +* 32bit [node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) * [git](http://git-scm.com) The instructions below are executed under [cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com), @@ -102,3 +102,11 @@ you have installed python under `C:\Python27`): ### LNK1181: cannot open input file 'kernel32.lib' Try reinstalling 32bit node.js. + +### Error: ENOENT, stat 'C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm' + +Simply making that directory [should fix the problem](http://stackoverflow.com/a/25095327/102704): + +```bash +mkdir /cygdrive/c/Users/USERNAME/AppData/Roaming/npm +```