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Clarify lack of Windows support (#1453)
## Issue Addressed Replaces and closes #1446 ## Proposed Changes Clarify that Windows is only supported via WSL in the docs.
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# 📦 Installation
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Lighthouse runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. Installation should be easy. In
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fact, if you already have Rust installed all you need is:
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Lighthouse runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows via [WSL][].
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Installation should be easy. In fact, if you already have Rust installed all you need is:
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- `git clone https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse.git`
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- `cd lighthouse`
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> failures, please reach out on [discord](https://discord.gg/cyAszAh) or
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> [create an issue](https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/issues/new).
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## Windows Support
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Compiling or running Lighthouse natively on Windows is not currently supported. However,
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Lighthouse can run successfully under the [Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)][WSL]. If using
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Ubuntu under WSL, you can should install the Ubuntu dependencies listed in the [Dependencies
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(Ubuntu)](#dependencies-ubuntu) section.
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## Troubleshooting
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### Dependencies (Ubuntu)
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- Ubuntu: `$ apt-get install libssl-dev`.
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- Amazon Linux: `$ yum install openssl-devel`.
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### Perl for Windows
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Perl may also be required to build Lighthouse. You can install [Strawberry
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Perl](http://strawberryperl.com/), or alternatively if you're using the [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) package manager for Windows, use the following choco install command: `choco install strawberryperl`.
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[WSL]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about
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