Windows support

[thbeu]

I have difficulties to setup and evaluate the project template on Windows as there is no make available - neither in Git bash nor natively in PowerShell. As such, I am not able to run make requirements or make sbom. What is the recommended usage to get started on Windows?

[jenstroeger]

Hello @thbeu, thank you for your questions!

We run and test the template on Github Windows runners (docs) which already have CMake installed. I think you have two options:

• Download and install CMake from here; or
• Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux which essentially is a modified Ubuntu distro with access to all of the Linux tooling.

I’d suggest to try CMake first!

[thbeu]

I have CMake installed but there is no make tool provided.
I also have WSL setup but do not think the venv will work together with VS code.

[jenstroeger]

I have CMake installed but there is no make tool provided.

Right, and it wouldn’t be of much use anyway considering our Makefile which was built for GNU Make and requires bash. Looking at the Github Windows runner, it does have heaps of additional tools installed and I’m not sure if you’d like to add them to your setup.

I do have a Windows VM here, and can try to figure out a minimal set of tools you need to install on Windows for our package. Otherwise, your best bet is…

I also have WSL setup but do not think the venv will work together with VS code.

You think it won’t work because of discussion #382?

[jenstroeger]

I’ve not had a chance to look into this. Do you still face the make problems?