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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Update Windows Build Instructions

From: Stephen Fisher <sfisher@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 15:18:24 -0700
On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 12:52:04PM -0800, Gerald Combs wrote:

> We have PowerShell scripts that prep text files and assist with NSIS 
> packaging, both of which are specific to Windows. You must also have 
> PowerShell 2.0 or later installed if you want to install Chocolatey 
> packages.

Gotcha, thanks.

> If you're running Vista *and* you have managed to make it this far 
> without installing PS 2.0 (lots of things seem to require it) then you 
> must now do so. If you're running Windows 7 or later you shouldn't 
> have to do anything. Windows 7 includes PS 2.0, Windows 8 includes PS 
> 3.0, and 8.1 includes PS 4.0. I've uploaded a change which hopefully 
> clarifies this.

Aaah, I didn't know powershell was included in Windows now.