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Prerequisites

  • (Free) source code of Devloppement Kit from Cosmos on GitHub
    • You must clone the repository using Git. For a detailed walkthrough, see here.
    • When following the tutorial, replace OctoCat with CosmosOS and Spoon-Knife with Cosmos.
  • (Free) Visual Studio 2015 Community
  • (Free) InnoSetup QuickStart Kit
    • This is required to build the setup kit which is used to build and install the Visual Studio integration libaries for Cosmos.
    • During install it will ask you about optional components to install. Be sure you check "Install Inno Setup Preprocessor".
  • Visual Studio SDK: download here.

Installation

  • Look in the downloaded sources and run install-VS2015.bat with admin privileges (UAC will ask for permission), needed for install in system directories.
  • When the installation is complete, Visual Studio will automatically open and you may begin programming with your new, modified copy of Cosmos.

Arguments for the 'install-VS2015.bat' file

The install-VS2015.bat accepts the following parameters :

  • -USERKIT Run installer for the User Kit only. By default installer build and install Dev Kit.
  • -RESETHIVE Reset Visual Studio Experimental Hive after installation.
  • -NOTASK When specified installer would be run directly instead of running as the task in the Task Scheduler
  • -NOCLEAN Don't clean solution before run installer.
  • -NOVSLAUNCH Don't launch VS after installation.
  • -IGNOREVS Ignore running VS during installation.
  • -VS2015 or /VS2015 Run installer for the VS 2015. This is the default.
  • -VS2013 or /VS2013 Run installer for the VS 2013.
  • -VSEXPHIVE or /VSEXPHIVE Use Visual Studio Experimental Hive for installation.