Get source and compile

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Even if you don't plan to develop, just the act of downloading and compiling can uncover problems. If the version you download doesn't build on your platform, file a bug.

Getting the source

Download Source Archives (Zipfile/Tarball)

Linden Lab does provide current and past downloads in an archived format, see the source downloads page.

Version Control

Linden Lab also maintains a version control repository. There are some unofficial repositories, too. See the version control repository page for more details.

Compiling

Per platform instructions are available for the following platforms:

• Microsoft Windows - Visual Studio .NET 2003 (recommended, Linden Lab uses VS2003)
  • see also: Compiling the viewer libraries (MSVS 2003)
• Microsoft Windows - Visual Studio 2005 & Visual C++ 2005 Express
• Microsoft Windows - Cross compiling on Linux
• Mac OS X
• Linux
• FreeBSD

See Common compilation problems if you run into errors while building.

See Improving compilation time for information on how to compile faster