the GNU General Public License (GPL). Download the source from the
@uref{https://www.tinc-vpn.org/download/, download page}.
-Tinc comes in a convenient autoconf/automake package, which you can just
-treat the same as any other package. Which is just untar it, type
-`./configure' and then `make'.
-More detailed instructions are in the file @file{INSTALL}, which is
-included in the source distribution.
+Please refer to @file{INSTALL.md} for information on how to build tinc from source.
@menu
* Building and installing tinc::
@menu
* Darwin (MacOS/X) build environment::
-* MinGW (Windows) build environment::
+* Windows build environment::
@end menu
either directly from their websites (see @ref{Libraries}) or using Fink.
@c ==================================================================
-@node MinGW (Windows) build environment
-@subsection MinGW (Windows) build environment
+@node Windows build environment
+@subsection Windows build environment
+
+You will need to install either the native Windows SDK from @uref{https://visualstudio.com},
+or the MinGW environment from @uref{https://msys2.org}.
-You will need to install the MinGW environment from @uref{http://www.mingw.org}.
You also need to download and install LibreSSL (or OpenSSL) and LZO.
-When tinc is compiled using MinGW it runs natively under Windows,
-it is not necessary to keep MinGW installed.
+Whether tinc is compiled using MinGW or the native SDK, it runs natively under Windows,
+so it is not necessary to keep either SDK to run the compiled binaries.
When detaching, tinc will install itself as a service,
which will be restarted automatically after reboots.