# alternative commands for windows

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/alternative-commands-for-windows/666
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/alternative-commands-for-windows/666 "2020-02-20T14:34:13Z")
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### Author: ![forbi\_11342](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@forbi\_11342](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/forbi_11342)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/alternative-commands-for-windows/666/1 "2020-02-20T14:34:13Z")

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Hi,  
what would be the alternative of these commands

```auto
$ cmake .
$ make
$ sudo make install

```

for  
_x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019_ ?

`cmake . `  
works fine, but from the next I get the error that the command is not found.  
The commands are needed to build this tool:

> **[rism-ch/verovio](https://github.com/rism-ch/verovio/wiki/Building-instructions)**
>
> 🎵 Music notation engraving library for MEI with MusicXML and Humdrum support and various toolkits (JavaScript, Python) - rism-ch/verovio

  
I am very new to Cmake, so sorry for the very basic question.  
Thank you!

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/alternative-commands-for-windows/666/2 "2020-02-28T19:11:42Z")

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`make` is unlikely the build tool used in a VS command prompt. You can use `cmake --build .` (with `--config %config%` if you want to do a specific build configuration) to build. `--target %target%` would be the way to build a specific target (e.g., `install`).