Build and run ipfs on my own computer

I cloned the ipfs code of github and tried to build and run ipfs on my own machine( https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs ). the tool is LiteIDE.
the problem show as follows:

thank all of you!

Maybe try following the instructions for building on windows:

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You need to run gx tool we use to fetch additional dependencies.

gx install.

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thank you, and I run all the cmds. but when I tried to run “gx --verbose install --global”, the error is “gx is not a runnable cmd”

when I tried to run “gx --verbose install --global”, the error is “gx is not a runnable cmd”

Have you installed gx?

You need to install: https://dist.ipfs.io/#gx and https://dist.ipfs.io/#gx-go

or go get them github.com/whyrusleeping/gx and github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go

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yeah, I added gx cmd into environment path. it works! great thanks


thanks for ur help. but I ran all the cmds as shown above, I just got three folders
I dont know how to get the complete one like
thanks