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:package: Install C++ Build Tools for Windows using npm
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Command line option to skip installing Python #213

Open cclauss opened 4 years ago

cclauss commented 4 years ago

Would it be possible to create a command line option to skip installing Python? Currently windows-build-tools installs an end-of-life version of Python. Given that it is now easy to install and auto-configure the current Python from the Microsoft Windows Store, it would be helpful to many users to use that Python instead of the out-of-date version.

yume-chan commented 4 years ago

  1. The commit 465d679343240b13e2f59523ac96ebe2edc1d1ed suggests it will install Python 3.8, however this change has not been released to npm.

  2. In README it says

    If not already installed, it will also install Python 3.8, configuring your machine and npm appropriately.

    However it looks like it can't detect Microsoft Store packaged version of Python 3.8 and still installed Python (2.7 for now) anyway.