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Introduction
Installing prequisites
Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Visual Studio 2008 Professional is required(?) to build OpenVPN on Windows.
Python
The new Windows build system is written in [Python http://www.python.org].
LZO library
Sources for the LZO library are required to build OpenVPN.
OpenSSL
Sources for the OpenSSL library are required to build OpenVPN.
Installing Git support
Git support is needed if you want to conveniently build the latest development code. You don't need Git support if you fetch the sources from another computer and copy them over, or use source code from release tar.gz or zip files.
Git for Windows
Git for Windows or msysgit is required to work with Git repositories on Windows.
GitExtensions?
GitExtensions makes working with Git easier on Windows. It includes Visual Studio 2008 plugin, Windows explorer support and a GUI to configure and use Git repositories.
KDiff3
KDiff3 is used in handling merge conflicts. It's required by GitExtensions?.
Git Source Control Provider
Git Source Control Provider is a Visual Studio 2008/2010 plugin. It can also be used to launch Git for Windows and GitExtensions? from within Visual Studio.