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====DirectX SDK==== | ====DirectX SDK==== | ||
DirectX SDK installer is a problematic peace of software as installers that drop unsolicited software on target machine behind user's back are nothing good mainly due to 2 reasons: | DirectX SDK installer is a problematic peace of software as installers that drop unsolicited software on target machine behind user's back are nothing good mainly due to 2 reasons: | ||
#the unsolicited software eats system resources, this is even more unpleasant if any of | #the unsolicited software eats system resources, this is even more unpleasant if any of these unsolicited peaces of software is never used; | ||
#in these days when IT security threats are at large any unsolicited software is equivalent to a collection of security holes. | #in these days when IT security threats are at large any unsolicited software is equivalent to a collection of security holes. | ||
Experimented with this installer on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine virtual machine] and discovered it installs the following components without consent: | Experimented with this installer on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine virtual machine] and discovered it installs the following components without consent: | ||
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*Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable runtimes | *Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable runtimes | ||
None of these software products are any more supported by Microsoft, meaning no more security patches and none of these are needed to build PCSX2. Bellow are described 2 ways of installing DirectX SDK, one secure and minimal and another easier but dirty and insecure. | None of these software products are any more supported by Microsoft, meaning no more security patches and none of these are needed to build PCSX2. Bellow are described 2 ways of installing DirectX SDK, one secure and minimal and another easier but dirty and insecure. | ||
=====Secure and minimal installation===== | =====Secure and minimal installation===== | ||
#Download the DirectX SDK Web Installer and 7-zip; | |||
#Install 7-zip with default settings, the installer in executable format it's by far the easiest to use and has minimum system footprint; | |||
#Open 7-zip and navigate to folder where you downloaded DirectX SDK installer; | |||
#Right click on the installer and Select 7-Zip - Open Inside, this opens the installer as an archive; | |||
#Extract Lib and Include to a folder that will host DirectX SDK. If that folder doesn't exist it's going to be created; | |||
#Set DirectX SDK environment variable (DXSDK_DIR). | |||
======Setting DirectX SDK environment variable====== | |||
=====Standard (dirty and insecure installation)===== | =====Standard (dirty and insecure installation)===== | ||
#Download the Web Installer from the link above. Run it, and click next at the Welcome Screen (shown below.) | #Download the Web Installer from the link above. Run it, and click next at the Welcome Screen (shown below.) | ||