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### Building on Windows
You need to first clone the xgboost repo with recursive option clone the submodules.
If you are using github tools, you can open the git-shell, and type the following command.
We recommend using the [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/),
because it brings a standard bash shell. This will highly ease the installation process.
```bash
git submodule init
git submodule update
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XGBoost support both build by MSVC or MinGW. Here is how you can build xgboost library using MinGW.
Build with mingw
After installing [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/), you should have a shortcut `Git Bash`.
All the following steps are in the `Git Bash`.
In MinGW, `make` command comes with the name `mingw32-make`. You can add the following line into the `.bashrc` file.
```bash
alias make='mingw32-make'
```
To build with MinGW
```bash
cp make/mingw64.mk config.mk; make -j4
```