How to build cardano-serializer-lib using Windows WSL

Follow these instructions to successfully build cardano-serialization-lib on Windows (because using e.g. Git Bash will simply not work).

This assumes you already have Debian running on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

1. Install python 2.7

   sudo apt-get install python2.7
   

2. Install curl

   sudo apt-get install curl
   

3. Install rust and choose option 1 (Proceed with installation (default))

   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
   

4. Install nvm

   curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash
   

5. Install cmake

   sudo apt-get install cmake
   sudo apt-get install build-essential
   

6. Install wasm-pack

   curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh
   

7. Restart your bash

   source ~/.bashrc
   

8. Build the repository

   git clone git@github.com:Emurgo/cardano-serialization-lib.git
   cd cardano-serialization-lib
   git submodule update --init --recursive
   nvm install v12.18.1
   nvm use
   npm install
   npm run rust:build-nodejs
   

All done, you should now find your ready-to-use libraries inside folder rust/pkg.