[grpc c++] Installing on Windows

[Selcuk Bozdag]

Hi,
I've MS VS2017 and cmake installed on my Windows 10 pc. I followed the steps on the gRPC Intallation page step by step. I am having errors on building.

I would like to have a protoc and cpp plugin executables.

As far as I google, windows installation problems are kind of chronic. They don't always repeat.

Has anyone succeeded building and installing?
Your update experiences are very welcome

Thanks

[Jan Tattermusch]

Hi, 

sorry you're having trouble. We are actively working on improving the Windows build experience with cmake (in fact we have continuous tests that verify gRPC is buildable with VS2017 and those are passing, but apparently it's not enough as you're not the first one complaining about having trouble building on Windows).

In the meantime, can you post to an existing github issue (if there is already one for the problem you're seeing) or create a new one that describes the problem you are seeing in detail?