Building appleseed

July 22, 2010

This page will guide you through the process of building appleseed from scratch.

Getting the tools

 Git

appleseed's source code is hosted in a Git repository on GitHub, so if you want to get the latest development sources, you'll need to have a working Git installation.

You can download binaries and source code archives here.

 CMake

On all platforms, you will need a working installation of CMake 2.8 or newer.

You can download binaries for many platforms and source code archives here.

Getting the source code

Currently there are two options:

  • The prefered method is to clone the appleseed repository. On any platform, just type
    git clone git://github.com/jupiter-jazz/appleseed.git.
    Don't worry, it will put everything under an appleseed/ directory.
  • Alternatively you can download the tip of the repository as a zip file here. Be patient as it will take a while for GitHub to prepare the archive.

Building appleseed and its dependencies