3. Building from source

Building the source code is usually reserved to

• developers wanting to add new features

• packagers wanting to create archive/package to distribute

• users who are using a platform for which no ready to use binaries are available

• 3.1. Compilation environment
  • 3.1.1. Linux
  • 3.1.2. macOS
  • 3.1.3. Windows
    • 3.1.3.1. cygwin
    • 3.1.3.2. MinGW-w64
• 3.2. Cross Compilation environment
• 3.3. Compilation
  • 3.3.1. Compilation from source archive
  • 3.3.2. Compilation from git repository
  • 3.3.3. Compiling a static version