Building HPX on Windows

1. Install Visual Studio (Visual Studio)

2. Install Git (Git)

3. Install CMake (CMake)

4. Build Vcpkg (in Git Bash) in the desired folder:

> git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
> cd vcpkg
> .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
> .\vcpkg integrate install

5. Install hwloc

> .\vcpkg.exe install hwloc:x64-windows

6. Install Boost (This may take a long time ~ 2hrs).

> .\vcpkg.exe install boost:x64-windows

7. Clone HPX

> git clone https://github.com/STEllAR-GROUP/hpx.git

8. Open the CMAKE GUI.

• Set the source code to the path of the HPX source.
• Set the build the binary to where you want HPX to be built.
• Add the following entries: set CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE (it's a file path) vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE (it's a string) to Debug.

9. Configure
10. Generate
11. Open Project
12. Right-click on any target and click build (click on ALL_BUILD to build all).