
These tools allow you to build C++ libraries and applications targeting Windows desktop. They are the same tools that you find in Visual Studio 2017 in a scriptable standalone installer. Now you only need to download the tools you need to build C++ projects.
This package installs MSBuild and Visual C++ tools. For MSBuild only see microsoft-build-tools package.
The following package parameters can be set:
/IncludeRequired - install the MSBuild tools and required VC++ tools/IncludeRecommended - install the MSBuild tools and recommended (default) VC++ tools/IncludeOptional - install the MSBuild tools and all of the optional VC++ toolsThese parameters can be passed to the installer with the use of --params.
For example: --params "'/IncludeOptional'".