Title: doc: remove obsolete Boxstarter automated install by MikeMcC399 · Pull Request #61785 · nodejs/node · GitHub
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Description: Fixes: #61690 Current situation The BUILDING > Option 3: Automated install with Boxstarter document section includes instructions with an associated script to automatically install dependencies on Windows required to build Node.js. These instructions are non-working: the script fails to install the necessary Visual Studio workload and optional components. Instead it reports an "Unhandled Exception". Background The last release of chocolatey/boxstarter was 3.0.3 in Oct 6, 2023. It is bundled with choco@1.1.0, not the current chocolatey@2.6.0. Boxstarter is only compatible with the legacy Windows PowerShell 5, not with PowerShell 7 (see issue chocolatey-community/boxstarter#353 from Oct 2018). Given the outdated nature of the Boxstarter release, it seems unlikely that there will be a new release that solves the above issues. Node.js history The Boxstarter automated install script was introduced to Node.js in Nov 2017. Later, in Sep 2024, a set of WinGet configuration scripts was added that offered an alternative to the Boxstarter script. Change Remove: the BUILDING > Option 3: Automated install with Boxstarter documentation section the directory tools/bootstrap containing the tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter script GitHub Actions workflow references to tools/bootstrap Alternatives Dependencies for Windows builds can be installed by following the remaining instructions in the BUILDING > Windows prerequisites section: Option 1: Manual install or Option 2: Automated install with WinGet
Open Graph Description: Fixes: #61690 Current situation The BUILDING > Option 3: Automated install with Boxstarter document section includes instructions with an associated script to automatically install dependencies ...
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