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* [Python 3.10](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/python-310/9pjpw5ldxlz5)
* The "Desktop development with C++" workload from
[Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) or
[Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/#visual-studio-2019-and-other-products) or
the "C++ build tools" workload from the
[Build Tools](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2019),
[Build Tools](https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_buildtools.exe),
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https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2019 link is also broken, I cannot find a visual studio 2019 c++ build tools link from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads.

Using https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_buildtools.exe link to download visual studio 2019 build tools is documented at
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/build-tools-container?view=vs-2019#create-and-build-the-dockerfile.

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I have verified this link does works on my windows server: uninstall already installed visual studio 2019, install build tool via the build tools link, and verify .\vcbuild does compile.

with the default optional components
* Basic Unix tools required for some tests,
[Git for Windows](https://git-scm.com/download/win) includes Git Bash
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