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diff --git a/Documentation/BuildInstructionsWindows.md b/Documentation/BuildInstructionsWindows.md index e8ca0b329b..b97077ce51 100644 --- a/Documentation/BuildInstructionsWindows.md +++ b/Documentation/BuildInstructionsWindows.md @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Once installed, you will need to make sure the distribution you want to use (and - `wsl --set-version <distro> <version>` is used to convert a distro to another version, and<br/> - `wsl --set-default-version 2` will set the default version for all new distros (if desired.)<br/> +Next, go to [BuildInstructions.md](https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Documentation/BuildInstructions.md#prerequisites) +and follow the instructions for your chosen Linux environment, to get the needed build tools. + ## Note on filesystems WSL2 filesystem performance for IO heavy tasks (such as compiling a large C++ project) on the host Windows filesystem is @@ -21,11 +24,8 @@ The recommendation from the Microsoft team on that issue is: > If it's at all possible, store your projects in the Linux file system in WSL2. -In practice, this means cloning and building the project to somewhere such as `/home/username/serenity`. - -## Setting up build tools - -Please see the general build instructions for a list of tools you need to install in your WSL Linux environment. +In practice, this means cloning and building the project to somewhere such as `/home/username/serenity`. You can then +access the linux filesystem at `\\wsl$`, so for example, the project would be at `\\wsl$\home\username\serenity`. ## Setting up QEMU |