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I am moving my help request into a new issue:

The question was posted here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/forums/forum/331753/t...

Is there any chance that there would ever be a packaged release of Notepad++ Community Release? I have no idea how to compile the program.

I did the following:

1/ Cloned github repository onto local computer.
2/ Download/install Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition. Start program.
3/ Go to File -> Open --> Project/Solution.  Open file notepadPlus.9.sln
4/ Go to Build -> Build Solution.
5/ Get error messages that I don't understand

What am I missing? Thanks!

Here's the output:

1>------ Build started: Project: notepadPlus, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
2>------ Build started: Project: SciLexer, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Runtime build and version generation.
2>Notepad++ CR Scintilla Version Generation
1>Version String::      1.0.0
1>Digital Version ID:   1,0,0,0
1>Hex Version ID:       0x0001000000000000
1>Comment:              Major Version Release
1>Private Build String: 
1>Is Private Build:     VS_FF_PRIVATEBUILD
1>Is Patched:           VS_FF_PATCHED
1>Is PreRelease:        0
1>Compiling...
2>Version String::      1.0.0
2>Digital Version ID:   1,0,0,0
2>Hex Version ID:       0x0001000000000000
2>Comment:              Major Version Release
2>Private Build String: 
2>Is Private Build:     VS_FF_PRIVATEBUILD
2>Is Patched:           VS_FF_PATCHED
2>Is PreRelease:        0
1>precompiled_headers.cpp
2>        1 file(s) copied.
2>Compiling...
2>precompiled_headers.cpp
2>c:\projects\npp-community\scintilla\src\precompiled_headers.h(99) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'gtest/gtest.h': No such file or directory
2>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Projects\npp-community\scintilla\vcbuild\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
2>SciLexer - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
1>c:\projects\npp-community\powereditor\src\precompiled_headers.h(80) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'gtest/gtest.h': No such file or directory
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Projects\npp-community\PowerEditor\visual.net\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>notepadPlus - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 2 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========