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 COMPILING
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-dwm-win32 requires [zig](https://ziglang.org/) to compile. Source code for dwm-win32 is written in C and uses `zig cc` to compile C to native code.
+dwm-win32 requires [zig](https://ziglang.org/) and [Visual Studio Build Tools](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) (You can use the Visual Studio Installer to download only headless build tools without the full IDE) to compile. Source code for dwm-win32 is written in C and uses `zig cc` to compile C to native code.
 You can install the compiler by using [scoop](https://scoop.sh) as `scoop install zig`.
 
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