Get source and compile

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

For current and past downloads, see the source downloads page.

Compiling

Per platform instructions are available for the following platforms:

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

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

Version control repository

We aren't yet providing live access to a version control repository. However, if you're interested in learning more about the subject, see Version control repository.

In the meantime, see the OpenSL project at OpenSecondLife.org, who have made available a public subversion repository.