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Expand Up @@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ The command line to build Arrow in Debug mode will look something like this:
-DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=C:/local/boost_1_63_0/lib64-msvc-14.0
cmake --build . --config Debug

Depending on the CMake variables or preset you use, you may need to have the
``patch`` utility in your ``PATH``. There are a number of ways to do this. For
example, if you're already using `Git for Windows
<https://git-scm.com/downloads/win>`_, you could add ``C:\Program
Files\Git\usr\bin`` to your ``PATH``.

Windows dependency resolution issues
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