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
> 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 hwloc:x64-windows

7. Clone HPX

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

8. Open CMAKE GUI

• set the source code to the path of HPX source.
• set the build the binary to where you want HPX to be1. built.
• add the following entries: set CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE (it's a filepath) vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE (it's a string) Debug

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