This setup is geared towards running Windows 10 with VirtualBox accessed via SSH to minimize graphical interaction (done via VNC).
Useful links for that
https://gist.github.com/rikka0w0/4128493c75285ce62e8c0b46fe8a253e https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=78127 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_server_configuration https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_keymanagement https://stackoverflow.com/a/49925963 https://codeandkeep.com/PowerShell-And-Vim/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2124753/how-can-i-use-powershell-with-the-visual-studio-command-prompt https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18641864/git-bash-shell-fails-to-create-symbolic-links
The following commands should be executed with the new pwsh.exe (PowerShell Core.
# If no PowerShell profile exists yet
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $PROFILE -Force
# Install choco if not installed yet with the old powershell.exe because installing choco doesn't like pwsh.exe
powershell.exe -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\
bin"
Now just restart the computer (well, that's Windows after all ...).
# for sentry: vcredist140
# for search in encrypted rooms: rustup.install python strawberryperl visualstudio2022-workload-vctools visualstudio2022buildtools windows-sdk-10.0
choco install -y nvs yarn make git grep jq rustup.install python strawberryperl vcredist140 visualstudio2022-workload-vctools visualstudio2022buildtools windows-sdk-10.0 patch
refreshenv
# Probably only necessary when doing this via ssh to actually refresh the environment
Restart-Computer -Force
# nodejs
nvs add 16
nvs use 16
nvs link 16 # use it permanently
If sentry fails (while running make setup) in the steps below, also download and install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 x64 from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
Get the Visual C++ build tools in the PATH (needs to be done every time, so add it to the pwsh profile):
pushd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\"
cmd /c "VsDevCmd.bat&set" |
foreach {
if ($_ -match "=") {
$v = $_.split("=", 2); set-item -force -path "ENV:\$($v[0])" -value "$($v[1])"
}
}
popd
Write-Host "`nVisual Studio 2022 Command Prompt variables set." -ForegroundColor Yellow
All of the commands in the subsequent sections need to be run with bash (included with git)!!! It can be launched like this from pwsh:
& 'C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe'
Amend path for bash with that as well in the pwsh profile.
Inside bash:
export MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict
Add this to the bash profile.