PARQUET-987: Revert PARQUET-981 until it can be fixed

These MSVC variables break various Linux toolchains. My fault for merging without closer scrutiny / testing. This reverts the change for now

Author: Wes McKinney <wes.mckinney@twosigma.com>

Closes #328 from wesm/PARQUET-987 and squashes the following commits:

8d919d1 [Wes McKinney] Revert "PARQUET-981: Resolve Windows build issues with 3rd party libs referen…"
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a710db4..9c0ffc6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,16 +116,6 @@
   option(PARQUET_MINIMAL_DEPENDENCY
     "Depend only on Thirdparty headers to build libparquet. Always OFF if building binaries"
     OFF)
-  set(ARROW_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX "_static" CACHE STRING
-    "Arrow static lib suffix used on Windows with MSVC (default _static)")
-  set(BROTLI_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX "_static" CACHE STRING
-    "Brotli static lib suffix used on Windows with MSVC (default _static)")
-  set(SNAPPY_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING
-    "Snappy static lib suffix used on Windows with MSVC (default is empty string)")
-  set(THRIFT_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX "md" CACHE STRING
-    "Thrift static lib suffix used on Windows with MSVC (default md)")
-  set(ZLIB_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX "libstatic" CACHE STRING
-    "Zlib static lib suffix used on Windows with MSVC (default libstatic)")
 endif()
 
 include(BuildUtils)
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8ced854..f3fac11 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -34,13 +34,11 @@
 configuration:
   - Debug
   - Release
-  - Toolchain
 
 init:
   - set MINICONDA=C:\Miniconda35-x64
   - set PATH=%MINICONDA%;%MINICONDA%/Scripts;%MINICONDA%/Library/bin;%PATH%
   - if "%GENERATOR%"=="NMake Makefiles" call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x64
-  - if "%CONFIGURATION%"=="Toolchain" conda install -y boost-cpp=1.63 arrow-cpp=0.3.0 brotli=0.6.0 zlib=1.2.11 snappy=1.1.4 thrift-cpp=0.10.0 -c conda-forge
 
 build_script:
   - call ci\msvc-build.bat
diff --git a/ci/msvc-build.bat b/ci/msvc-build.bat
index 6789b46..b1b54b4 100644
--- a/ci/msvc-build.bat
+++ b/ci/msvc-build.bat
@@ -22,30 +22,14 @@
 
 SET PARQUET_TEST_DATA=%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\data
 
-if "%CONFIGURATION%" == "Toolchain" (
-  set PARQUET_BUILD_TOOLCHAIN=%MINICONDA%/Library
-
-  cmake -G "%GENERATOR%" ^
-      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
+cmake -G "%GENERATOR%" ^
+      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%CONFIGURATION% ^
       -DPARQUET_BOOST_USE_SHARED=OFF ^
       -DPARQUET_CXXFLAGS="/MP" ^
-      -DPARQUET_ZLIB_VENDORED=OFF ^
       .. || exit /B
 
-  cmake --build . --config Release || exit /B
+cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% || exit /B
+
+if "%CONFIGURATION%" == "Release" (
   ctest -VV || exit /B
-)
-
-if NOT "%CONFIGURATION%" == "Toolchain" (
-  cmake -G "%GENERATOR%" ^
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%CONFIGURATION% ^
-        -DPARQUET_BOOST_USE_SHARED=OFF ^
-        -DPARQUET_CXXFLAGS="/MP" ^
-        .. || exit /B
-
-  cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% || exit /B
-
-  if "%CONFIGURATION%" == "Release" (
-    ctest -VV || exit /B
-  )
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindArrow.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindArrow.cmake
index bd6765a..ad47513 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/FindArrow.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindArrow.cmake
@@ -72,15 +72,11 @@
     set(ARROW_FOUND TRUE)
     set(ARROW_HEADER_NAME arrow/api.h)
     set(ARROW_HEADER ${ARROW_INCLUDE_DIR}/${ARROW_HEADER_NAME})
-    set(ARROW_LIB_NAME arrow)
-    if (MSVC AND NOT ARROW_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX)
-      set(ARROW_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX _static)
-    endif()
+    set(ARROW_LIB_NAME libarrow)
 
     get_filename_component(ARROW_LIBS ${ARROW_LIB_PATH} DIRECTORY)
-    set(ARROW_STATIC_LIB ${ARROW_LIBS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${ARROW_LIB_NAME}${ARROW_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-    set(ARROW_SHARED_LIB ${ARROW_LIBS}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${ARROW_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-    set(ARROW_SHARED_IMPLIB ${ARROW_LIBS}/${ARROW_LIB_NAME}.lib)
+    set(ARROW_STATIC_LIB ${ARROW_LIBS}/${ARROW_LIB_NAME}.a)
+    set(ARROW_SHARED_LIB ${ARROW_LIBS}/${ARROW_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
   endif ()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindBrotli.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindBrotli.cmake
index 669c3f3..40d58ac 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/FindBrotli.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindBrotli.cmake
@@ -65,18 +65,15 @@
   get_filename_component( BROTLI_LIBS ${BROTLI_LIBRARY_ENC} PATH )
   set(BROTLI_HEADER_NAME brotli.h)
   set(BROTLI_HEADER ${BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIR}/${BROTLI_HEADER_NAME})
-  set(BROTLI_LIB_NAME brotli)
-  if (MSVC AND NOT BROTLI_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX)
-    set(BROTLI_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX _static)
-  endif()
+  set(BROTLI_LIB_NAME libbrotli)
   set(BROTLI_STATIC_LIB
-      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}enc${BROTLI_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}dec${BROTLI_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}common${BROTLI_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}enc.a
+      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}dec.a
+      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}common.a)
   set(BROTLI_SHARED_LIB
-      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}enc${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}dec${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}common${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}enc${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}dec${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+      ${BROTLI_LIBS}/${BROTLI_LIB_NAME}common${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 else ()
   set(BROTLI_FOUND FALSE)
 endif ()
diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindGTest.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindGTest.cmake
index c6ea16b..c6a4238 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/FindGTest.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindGTest.cmake
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
 if (GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR AND GTEST_LIBRARIES)
   set(GTEST_FOUND TRUE)
   get_filename_component( GTEST_LIBS ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} PATH )
-  set(GTEST_LIB_NAME gtest)
-  set(GTEST_STATIC_LIB ${GTEST_LIBS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${GTEST_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-  set(GTEST_MAIN_STATIC_LIB ${GTEST_LIBS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${GTEST_LIB_NAME}_main${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-  set(GTEST_SHARED_LIB ${GTEST_LIBS}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${GTEST_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+  set(GTEST_LIB_NAME libgtest)
+  set(GTEST_STATIC_LIB ${GTEST_LIBS}/${GTEST_LIB_NAME}.a)
+  set(GTEST_MAIN_STATIC_LIB ${GTEST_LIBS}/${GTEST_LIB_NAME}_main.a)
+  set(GTEST_SHARED_LIB ${GTEST_LIBS}/${GTEST_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 else ()
   set(GTEST_FOUND FALSE)
 endif ()
diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindSnappy.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindSnappy.cmake
index 867963c..d2825c0 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/FindSnappy.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindSnappy.cmake
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
   get_filename_component( SNAPPY_LIBS ${SNAPPY_LIBRARIES} PATH )
   set(SNAPPY_HEADER_NAME snappy.h)
   set(SNAPPY_HEADER ${SNAPPY_INCLUDE_DIR}/${SNAPPY_HEADER_NAME})
-  set(SNAPPY_LIB_NAME snappy)
-  set(SNAPPY_STATIC_LIB ${SNAPPY_LIBS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${SNAPPY_LIB_NAME}${SNAPPY_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-  set(SNAPPY_SHARED_LIB ${SNAPPY_LIBS}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${SNAPPY_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+  set(SNAPPY_LIB_NAME libsnappy)
+  set(SNAPPY_STATIC_LIB ${SNAPPY_LIBS}/${SNAPPY_LIB_NAME}.a)
+  set(SNAPPY_SHARED_LIB ${SNAPPY_LIBS}/${SNAPPY_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 else ()
   set(SNAPPY_FOUND FALSE)
 endif ()
diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindThrift.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindThrift.cmake
index 6c5d9fe..39432e9 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/FindThrift.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindThrift.cmake
@@ -48,12 +48,8 @@
   NO_DEFAULT_PATH
 )
 
-if (MSVC AND NOT THRIFT_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX)
-  set(THRIFT_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX md)
-endif()
-
 find_library(THRIFT_STATIC_LIB NAMES
-  ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}thrift${THRIFT_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+  ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}thrift${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
   HINTS ${_thrift_roots}
   NO_DEFAULT_PATH
   PATH_SUFFIXES "lib/${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" "lib"
diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindZLIB.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindZLIB.cmake
index 78b84f2..1cae74a 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/FindZLIB.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindZLIB.cmake
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
     find_path( ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES zlib.h
         PATHS ${_zlib_roots} NO_DEFAULT_PATH
         PATH_SUFFIXES "include" )
-    find_library( ZLIB_LIBRARIES NAMES libz.a zlib
+    find_library( ZLIB_LIBRARIES NAMES libz.a
         PATHS ${_zlib_roots} NO_DEFAULT_PATH
         PATH_SUFFIXES "lib" )
 else ()
     find_path( ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES zlib.h )
     # Only look for the static library
-    find_library( ZLIB_LIBRARIES NAMES libz.a zlib )
+    find_library( ZLIB_LIBRARIES NAMES libz.a )
 endif ()
 
 
@@ -59,15 +59,9 @@
   get_filename_component( ZLIB_LIBS ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} PATH )
   set(ZLIB_HEADER_NAME zlib.h)
   set(ZLIB_HEADER ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}/${ZLIB_HEADER_NAME})
-  set(ZLIB_LIB_NAME z)
-  if (MSVC)
-    if (NOT ZLIB_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX)
-      set(ZLIB_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX libstatic)
-    endif()
-    set(ZLIB_MSVC_SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX lib)
-  endif()
-  set(ZLIB_STATIC_LIB ${ZLIB_LIBS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${ZLIB_LIB_NAME}${ZLIB_MSVC_STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-  set(ZLIB_SHARED_LIB ${ZLIB_LIBS}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${ZLIB_LIB_NAME}${ZLIB_MSVC_SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+  set(ZLIB_LIB_NAME libz)
+  set(ZLIB_STATIC_LIB ${ZLIB_LIBS}/${ZLIB_LIB_NAME}.a)
+  set(ZLIB_SHARED_LIB ${ZLIB_LIBS}/${ZLIB_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 else ()
   set(ZLIB_FOUND FALSE)
 endif ()
diff --git a/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake b/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
index 7be349e..7b4c941 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
@@ -240,43 +240,42 @@
       STEP_TARGETS flex_step libevent_step
       DEPENDS ${THRIFT_DEPENDENCIES})
   endif()
-
-  if (MSVC)
-    ExternalProject_Get_Property(thrift_ep SOURCE_DIR)
-
-    set(WINFLEXBISON_VERSION 2.4.9)
-    set(LIBEVENT_VERSION 2.1.7)
-
-    # Download and configure Windows build of Flex and Bison
-    ExternalProject_Add_Step(thrift_ep flex_step
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory thirdparty/dist/winflexbison
-      COMMAND cd thirdparty/dist/winflexbison
-      COMMAND curl -SLO https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison/releases/download/v.${WINFLEXBISON_VERSION}/win_flex_bison-${WINFLEXBISON_VERSION}.zip
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf win_flex_bison-${WINFLEXBISON_VERSION}.zip
-      DEPENDERS configure
-      DEPENDEES download
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_DIR})
-
-    # Download and build libevent
-    ExternalProject_Add_Step(thrift_ep libevent_step
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory thirdparty/src
-      COMMAND cd thirdparty/src
-      COMMAND curl -SLO https://github.com/nmathewson/Libevent/archive/release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-rc.zip
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-rc.zip
-      COMMAND cd Libevent-release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-rc
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory build
-      COMMAND cd build
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=.. ..
-      COMMAND nmake
-      COMMAND nmake install
-      DEPENDERS configure
-      DEPENDEES download
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_DIR})
-  endif()
-
-  set(THRIFT_VENDORED 1)
+    set(THRIFT_VENDORED 1)
 else()
-  set(THRIFT_VENDORED 0)
+    set(THRIFT_VENDORED 0)
+endif()
+
+if (MSVC)
+  ExternalProject_Get_Property(thrift_ep SOURCE_DIR)
+
+  set(WINFLEXBISON_VERSION 2.4.9)
+  set(LIBEVENT_VERSION 2.1.7)
+
+  # Download and configure Windows build of Flex and Bison
+  ExternalProject_Add_Step(thrift_ep flex_step
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory thirdparty/dist/winflexbison
+    COMMAND cd thirdparty/dist/winflexbison
+    COMMAND curl -SLO https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison/releases/download/v.${WINFLEXBISON_VERSION}/win_flex_bison-${WINFLEXBISON_VERSION}.zip
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf win_flex_bison-${WINFLEXBISON_VERSION}.zip
+    DEPENDERS configure
+    DEPENDEES download
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_DIR})
+
+  # Download and build libevent
+  ExternalProject_Add_Step(thrift_ep libevent_step
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory thirdparty/src
+    COMMAND cd thirdparty/src
+    COMMAND curl -SLO https://github.com/nmathewson/Libevent/archive/release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-rc.zip
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-rc.zip
+    COMMAND cd Libevent-release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-rc
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory build
+    COMMAND cd build
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=.. ..
+    COMMAND nmake
+    COMMAND nmake install
+    DEPENDERS configure
+    DEPENDEES download
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_DIR})
 endif()
 
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR} ${THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR}/thrift)
@@ -413,18 +412,19 @@
       URL "https://github.com/google/brotli/archive/${BROTLI_VERSION}.tar.gz"
       CMAKE_ARGS ${BROTLI_CMAKE_ARGS})
   endif()
-  if (MSVC)
-    ExternalProject_Get_Property(brotli_ep SOURCE_DIR)
-
-    ExternalProject_Add_Step(brotli_ep headers_copy
-      COMMAND xcopy /E /I include ..\\..\\..\\brotli_ep\\src\\brotli_ep-install\\include /Y
-      DEPENDEES build
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_DIR})
-  endif()
 else()
   set(BROTLI_VENDORED 0)
 endif()
 
+if (MSVC)
+  ExternalProject_Get_Property(brotli_ep SOURCE_DIR)
+
+  ExternalProject_Add_Step(brotli_ep headers_copy
+    COMMAND xcopy /E /I include ..\\..\\..\\brotli_ep\\src\\brotli_ep-install\\include /Y
+    DEPENDEES build
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_DIR})
+endif()
+
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIR})
 add_library(brotlistatic_enc STATIC IMPORTED)
 set_target_properties(brotlistatic_enc PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${BROTLI_LIBRARY_ENC})
diff --git a/docs/Windows.md b/docs/Windows.md
index 9659509..8c7d1a3 100644
--- a/docs/Windows.md
+++ b/docs/Windows.md
@@ -30,30 +30,9 @@
 Launch cmd.exe and run following to bootstrap a build environment:
 
 ```shell
-conda create -n parquet-dev cmake git boost-cpp curl zlib snappy arrow-cpp brotli thrift-cpp -c conda-forge
+conda create -n parquet-dev cmake git boost-cpp curl zlib snappy -c conda-forge
 ```
 
-To allow cmake to pick up 3rd party dependencies, you should set
-`PARQUET_BUILD_TOOLCHAIN` environment variable to contain `Library` folder
-path of new created on previous step `parquet-dev` conda environment.
-For instance, if `Miniconda` was installed to default destination, `Library`
-folder path for `parquet-dev` conda environment will be as following:
-
-```shell
-C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\Miniconda3\envs\parquet-dev\Library
-```
-
-As alternative to `PARQUET_BUILD_TOOLCHAIN`, it's possible to configure path
-to each 3rd party dependency separately by setting appropriate environment
-variable:
-
-`BOOST_ROOT` variable with path to `boost` installation  
-`THRIFT_HOME` variable with path to `thrift-cpp` installation  
-`SNAPPY_HOME` variable with path to `snappy` installation  
-`ZLIB_HOME` variable with path to `zlib` installation  
-`BROTLI_HOME` variable with path to `brotli` installation  
-`ARROW_HOME` variable with path to `arrow` installation
-
 ### Visual Studio
 
 Microsoft provides the free Visual Studio Community edition. Once you have
@@ -90,25 +69,6 @@
 nmake
 ```
 
-## Building with Visual Studio cmake generator
-
-Activate your conda build environment:
-
-```
-activate parquet-dev
-```
-
-Change working directory in cmd.exe to the root directory of parquet-cpp and
-do an out of source build:
-
-```
-cd %PARQUET_ROOT_SOURCES_DIRECTORY%
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
-cmake --build . --config Release
-```
-
 When using conda, only release builds are currently supported.
 
 [1]: https://conda.io/miniconda.html