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IMPORTANT: These instructions are meant to be used with old releases of Ogre. For Ogre 1.10+, rather use BuildingOgre.md.

Building OGRE From Source
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For developers with more experience, building OGRE from source is usually the more attractive option. For some, it is the only option as prebuilt binaries are not available. Source provides the fastest access to bug fixes and allows the developer to debug any aspect of their code or OGRE. It is also necessary for contributing patches.
Info As of version 1.7 (Cthugha), the Ogre project uses CMake as its primary build system. See Building Ogre Shoggoth for previous versions.


The actual stable revision is always in a specific branch, e.g. "v1-8" for Byatis, and not the default branch. The 'default' branch is the latest unstable version and is not fully API-compatible with the stable stream, and may have temporary issues. Recommended only for experienced developers.

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What you need to build Ogre from source.
IMPORTANT: These instructions are meant to be used with old releases of Ogre. For Ogre 1.10+, rather use BuildingOgre.md.
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For the impatient: Learn how to build Ogre with CMake in two minutes. If you encounter any problems or need some more advanced procedures, do read the rest of the sections below!
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This section explains how to use CMake to build Ogre from source.
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This section introduces you to CMake and explains the concepts as well as how you can get and use CMake.
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This is an introduction to using cmake to build your own Ogre projects. For more detailed information about cmake, refer to the official site.

IMPORTANT: These instructions are meant to be used with old releases of Ogre. For Ogre 1.10+, rather use The Tutorials.


Alias: Building With CMake
Alias: Building_With_CMake
Alias: Building From Source
Alias: Building_From_Source