From 5c674f955663465ab795d6f83f762d1c1f172fe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: April Prichard <fuzzygamebear@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 22:02:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Create BUILDING.md

Add instructions for using whisper-rs on Windows
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+# Running on Windows using MSYS2
+
+The following is 
+
+1. install msys2/mingw by following [https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw](`https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw`)
+   1. Install g++ and make within msys2 ucrt64
+      - `pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain`
+   2. Add the msys2 ucrt64 bin folder to path `C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin`
+2. Install make by running `pacman -S make` in msys2 ucrt66
+3. Set rust to use msys2: by running `rustup toolchain install stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu` in Windows Powershell/Cmd
+4. Add `.cargo/config` file in the project with the following contents: 
+```
+[target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu]
+linker = "C:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\bin\\gcc.exe"
+ar = "C:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\bin\\ar.exe"
+```
+5. Run `cargo run`  in Windows Powershell/Cmd
+
+# Running on Windows using Microsoft Visual Studio C++
+
+It has been reported that it is also possible to build whisper-rs using Visual Studio C++. 
+
+Make sure you have installed and in the path: 
+
+- Visual Studio C++
+- cmake
+
+You may need to clone the git repository instead of using the Cargo package.