History: Installing the Ogre SDK

Prerequisites:

1. Go to http://www.ogre3d.org/download/sdk.
2. Download the SDK matching your IDE version.
3. Download and install DirectX: directx_aug2009_redist.exe

Run the installer:

Unpack to a suitable location:

Go to the directory of the newly installed sdk and copy the full path:

Open a command window and set the environment variable OGRE_HOME to point to that path.

You just copied the path so you should be able to paste in into the command window after 'setx OGREHOME ':

setx OGRE_HOME D:\OgreSDK\OgreSDK_vc9_v1-7-1

That's it. :)

TODO: Write how to compile the samples. 😊

-(Linux)-
To be written... Try searching the forums or Google for help. It might actually be easier to just compile from source than look for a pre-complied SDK for your flavor of Linux. Packages do exist but support is spotty.

-(Mac OSX)-

This section is for developers willing to install a precompiled Software Development Kit (SDK) under Mac OS X platform.

Once you have OGRE downloaded and setup, learn how to setup your first application.

1. Go to http://www.ogre3d.org and click on Download.
2. Next click on Download a Prebuilt SDK.
3. Download the latest OSX SDK.
4. Double-click the .dmg to mount it
5. Drag & drop the OgreSDK folder wherever you like to install the SDK
6. Install CMake for building the samples. Version 2.8.0 is said to be the most stable version for this. Cmake v2.8
   1. You might need this as well CG Toolkit
   2. Start up Xcode and load the OgreSDK/OGRE.xcodeproj to build the samples. You probably want to build the debug versions of these. It will give you more insight when things go wrong. Make sure you select that from the build type dropdown.
   3. After you have built the samples look for them in OgreSDK/bin/debug. You should see SampleBrowser.app in there. Fire it up!