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 Prerequisites for building on Windows
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-On Windows, first install [Python 2.7.16](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2716/) so that node-gyp works.
+Python is required by [node-gyp](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp).
 
 You will also need [build tools from Visual Studio 2015](https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools).