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Add direct link to download VS Community 2015 #4695

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Add direct link to download VS Community 2015
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Also point to download page and update description
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Expand Up @@ -30,12 +30,10 @@ This might be your problem if, after running `npm install` on a Gatsby site, you
see compilation errors such as `node-gyp` or `sharp` or `binding.gyp not found`.

If you suspect this is your problem, download the
[Visual Studio Community 2015 Package](https://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs)
[Visual Studio Community 2015 Package](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/older-downloads/) (also available from this [direct download link](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=532606&clcid=0x409))
and install only the part of the package that interests us : `Programming languages > Visual C++ > Common tools for Visual Studio 2015`. Be sure to
download the 2015 version of VS Community, not the 2017 version (see Note 1
below) ; you'll have to use the
[search bar on the VS site](https://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs)
to find it. You can uncheck everything else. You don't need to install the full
below). You can uncheck everything else. You don't need to install the full
VS2015 Express on your system and this won't mess up your existing VS201x
installs.

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