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win,msi: highlight installation of 3rd-party tools
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Currently, the installation wizard more or less silently installs
third-party software (Boxstarter + Chocolatey). This adds some text
to the MSI installation dialog and to the Boxstarter installation
script.

PR-URL: nodejs#23003
Refs: nodejs#22645
Refs: nodejs#22988
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com>
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tniessen authored and targos committed Sep 27, 2018
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions tools/msvs/install_tools/install_tools.bat
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Expand Up @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ echo Tools for Node.js Native Modules Installation Script
echo ====================================================
echo.
echo This Boxstarter script will install Python and the Visual Studio Build Tools,
echo necessary to compile Node.js native modules. All necessary Windows updates
echo will also be installed.
echo necessary to compile Node.js native modules. Note that Boxstarter,
echo Chocolatey and required Windows updates will also be installed.
echo.
echo This will require about 3 Gb of free disk space, plus any space necessary to
echo install Windows updates.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion tools/msvs/msi/i18n/en-us.wxl
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<String Id="NativeToolsDlgDescription">Optionally install the tools necessary to compile native modules.</String>
<String Id="NativeToolsDlgBannerBitmap">WixUI_Bmp_Banner</String>
<String Id="NativeToolsDlgIntro">Some npm modules need to be compiled from C/C++ when installing. If you want to be able to install such modules, some tools (Python 2 and Visual Studio Build Tools) need to be installed.</String>
<String Id="NativeToolsDlgInstallCheckbox">Automatically install the necessary tools. The script will pop-up in a new window after the installation completes.</String>
<String Id="NativeToolsDlgInstallCheckbox">Automatically install the necessary tools. Note that this will also install Boxstarter and Chocolatey. The script will pop-up in a new window after the installation completes.</String>
<String Id="NativeToolsDlgManualDetails">Alternatively, follow the instructions at <![CDATA[<a href="https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows">https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows</a>]]> to install the dependencies yourself.</String>

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