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digitalmars.D.ldc - Beginner question regarding Windows 10 setup of ldc2 after downloading

reply WhatMeWorry <kheaser gmail.com> writes:
Stupid question here.  I'm using Windows 10. I don't believe 
there is a .msi installer for ldc2 on Windows.

So I've downloaded ldc2-1.16.0-windows-x64.7z to my 
C:\Users\me\Downloads folder and extracted it. So I see the bin, 
etc, import, and lib directories.

But now what?  Should I move the binaries somewhere? The .dll 
libraries somewhere else?
Or should I keep the entire structure as is, but move the whole 
thing somewhere?  Should I have extracted the 7 zip file 
somewhere else than my download folder?
Aug 17 2019
parent reply rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:
Like dmd, ldc's directory structure in the compressed archive is good to go.
Extract into a directory and add it to your PATH variable.

For example here is my directory structure for both:

C:\development\D\dmd_2.087.0\windows\bin\dmd.exe
C:\development\D\ldc2-1.16.0-windows-multilib\bin\ldc2.exe
Aug 17 2019
parent WhatMeWorry <kheaser gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 17 August 2019 at 20:31:21 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
 Like dmd, ldc's directory structure in the compressed archive 
 is good to go.
 Extract into a directory and add it to your PATH variable.

 For example here is my directory structure for both:

 C:\development\D\dmd_2.087.0\windows\bin\dmd.exe
 C:\development\D\ldc2-1.16.0-windows-multilib\bin\ldc2.exe
Thanks! Quick reply.
Aug 17 2019