# Build ipfs from source on windows issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/build-ipfs-from-source-on-windows-issue/1714>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 25, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/build-ipfs-from-source-on-windows-issue/1714 "2017-12-25T09:45:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Tim](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/build-ipfs-from-source-on-windows-issue/1714/1 "2017-12-25T09:45:29Z")

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I go get all the source code and I tried to “gx --verbose install --global”,but an error occured

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**Author:** ![Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Tim](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/build-ipfs-from-source-on-windows-issue/1714/2 "2017-12-26T01:03:22Z")

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