# A step-by-step guide for building PvPGN using Visual Studio 2015
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##### Requirements
- [Visual Studio 2015 Community](https://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs)
- [CMake](https://cmake.org/download/)
- [zlib](http://zlib.net/)
- [PvPGN](https://github.com/pvpgn/pvpgn-server)
 
##### Optional
- [MySQL](http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/)
- [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/)
- [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/download.html)
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##### Instructions
- Install *Visual Studio 2015*
- Install *CMake*
- Download zlib
- Download PvPGN source
- Extract PvPGN source to C:\pvpgn\
- Create a folder called *zlib* inside your PvPGN base folder ( i.e. C:\pvpgn\zlib\ )
- Extract the following files from *zlib128-dll.zip\include* into the *zlib* folder:
    - zconf.h, zlib.h
- Extract the following files from the *zlib128-dll.zip\lib* into the *zlib* folder:
    - zdll.lib
- Install *MySQL* if you intend to use it as a storage backend
- Install *PostgreSQL* if you intend to use it as a storage backend
- Install *SQLite* if you intend to use it as a storage backend
- Create a folder called *build* inside your PvPGN base folder ( i.e. C:\pvpgn\build\ )
	- Run *cmake-gui.exe*
		- *Where is the source code*: C:\pvpgn
		- *Where to build the binaries*: C:\pvpgn\build
	- Click the *Configure* button
		- Select *Visual Studio 14 2015* as the generator
		- Select *Use default native compilers*
		- Click the *Finish* button
- Enable optional components if required ( *WITH_MYSQL*, *WITH_PGSQL*, *WITH_SQLITE3*, *WITH_LUA*, *WITH_WIN32_GUI* )
- Click the *Configure* button again
- Click the *Generate* button
- Close *CMake*
- Open *C:\pvpgn\build\pvpgn.sln* with Visual Studio
- Build the *ALL_BUILD* project
- Build the *INSTALL* project
- Open C:\Program Files (x86)\pvpgn
- Extract the following files from *zlib128-dll.zip* into the *pvpgn* folder:
    - zlib1.dll
- If required, extract the following files from C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6.23\lib\opt\ into the *pvpgn* folder:
    - libmysql.dll 
- If required, extract the following files from C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.4.1\bin\ into the "pvpgn" folder:
    - libpq.dll, libintl-2.dll, libiconv-2.dll, krb5_32.dll, comerr32.dll
- If required, extract the following files from sqlite-dll-win32-x86-3080803.zip into the "pvpgn" folder:
    - sqlite3.dll