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Touch up Getting Started (#532)
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contain the latest releases of several Python versions, along with git head,
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and are provided for development and testing purposes only.
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The :ref:`quick-reference` gives brief summary of the process from
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This will build CPython with only warnings and errors being printed to
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stderr and utilize up to 2 CPU cores. If you are using a multi-core machine
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with more than 2 cores (or a single-core machine), you can adjust the number
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passed into the ``-j`` flag to match the number of cores you have.
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passed into the ``-j`` flag to match the number of cores you have (or if your
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version of Make supports it, you can use ``-j`` without a number and Make
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will not limit the number of steps that can run simultaneously.).
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At the end of the build you should see a success message, possibly followed
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by a list of extension modules that haven't been built because their
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readme`_ for more details. If you have VS 2008 but not 2010 you can use the
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build files in the `PC/VS9.0 directory`_, see the `VS9 readme`_ for details.
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.. note:: If you are using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), clone the
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repository from a native Windows terminal program like cmd.exe command prompt
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.. note:: If you are using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), clone the
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repository from a native Windows terminal program like cmd.exe command prompt
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or PowerShell as well as use a build of git targeted for Windows, e.g., the
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official one from `<https://git-scm.com>`_. Otherwise, Visual Studio will
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not be able to find all the project's files and will fail the build.
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$ sudo port install pkgconfig openssl xz gdbm
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