# Compiling Minetest
- [Compiling on GNU/Linux](linux.md)
- [Compiling on Windows](windows.md)
- [Compiling on MacOS](macos.md)
## CMake options
General options and their default values:
BUILD_CLIENT=TRUE - Build Minetest client
BUILD_SERVER=FALSE - Build Minetest server
BUILD_UNITTESTS=TRUE - Build unittest sources
BUILD_BENCHMARKS=FALSE - Build benchmark sources
BUILD_DOCUMENTATION=TRUE - Build doxygen documentation
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release - Type of build (Release vs. Debug)
Release - Release build
Debug - Debug build
SemiDebug - Partially optimized debug build
RelWithDebInfo - Release build with debug information
MinSizeRel - Release build with -Os passed to compiler to make executable as small as possible
ENABLE_CURL=ON - Build with cURL; Enables use of online mod repo, public serverlist and remote media fetching via http
ENABLE_CURSES=ON - Build with (n)curses; Enables a server side terminal (command line option: --terminal)
ENABLE_GETTEXT=ON - Build with Gettext; Allows using translations
ENABLE_LEVELDB=ON - Build with LevelDB; Enables use of LevelDB map backend
ENABLE_POSTGRESQL=ON - Build with libpq; Enables use of PostgreSQL map backend (PostgreSQL 9.5 or greater recommended)
ENABLE_REDIS=ON - Build with libhiredis; Enables use of Redis map backend
ENABLE_SPATIAL=ON - Build with LibSpatial; Speeds up AreaStores
ENABLE_SOUND=ON - Build with OpenAL, libogg & libvorbis; in-game sounds
ENABLE_LUAJIT=ON - Build with LuaJIT (much faster than non-JIT Lua)
ENABLE_PROMETHEUS=OFF - Build with Prometheus metrics exporter (listens on tcp/30000 by default)
ENABLE_SYSTEM_GMP=ON - Use GMP from system (much faster than bundled mini-gmp)
ENABLE_SYSTEM_JSONCPP=ON - Use JsonCPP from system
RUN_IN_PLACE=FALSE - Create a portable install (worlds, settings etc. in current directory)
ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECKER=TRUE - Whether to enable update checks by default
INSTALL_DEVTEST=FALSE - Whether the Development Test game should be installed alongside Minetest
USE_GPROF=FALSE - Enable profiling using GProf
VERSION_EXTRA= - Text to append to version (e.g. VERSION_EXTRA=foobar -> Minetest 0.4.9-foobar)
ENABLE_TOUCH=FALSE - Enable Touchscreen support (requires support by IrrlichtMt)
Library specific options:
CURL_DLL - Only if building with cURL on Windows; path to libcurl.dll
CURL_INCLUDE_DIR - Only if building with cURL; directory where curl.h is located
CURL_LIBRARY - Only if building with cURL; path to libcurl.a/libcurl.so/libcurl.lib
EXTRA_DLL - Only on Windows; optional paths to additional DLLs that should be packaged
FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2 - Directory that contains files such as ftimage.h
FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build - Directory that contains ft2build.h
FREETYPE_LIBRARY - Path to libfreetype.a/libfreetype.so/freetype.lib
FREETYPE_DLL - Only on Windows; path to libfreetype-6.dll
GETTEXT_DLL - Only when building with gettext on Windows; paths to libintl + libiconv DLLs
GETTEXT_INCLUDE_DIR - Only when building with gettext; directory that contains libintl.h
GETTEXT_LIBRARY - Optional/platform-dependent with gettext; path to libintl.so/libintl.dll.a
GETTEXT_MSGFMT - Only when building with gettext; path to msgfmt/msgfmt.exe
ICONV_LIBRARY - Optional/platform-dependent; path to libiconv.so/libiconv.dylib
IRRLICHT_DLL - Only on Windows; path to IrrlichtMt.dll
IRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR - Directory that contains IrrCompileConfig.h (usable for server build only)
LEVELDB_INCLUDE_DIR - Only when building with LevelDB; directory that contains db.h
LEVELDB_LIBRARY - Only when building with LevelDB; path to libleveldb.a/libleveldb.so/libleveldb.dll.a
LEVELDB_DLL - Only when building with LevelDB on Windows; path to libleveldb.dll
PostgreSQL_INCLUDE_DIR - Only when building with PostgreSQL; directory that contains libpq-fe.h
PostgreSQL_LIBRARY - Only when building with PostgreSQL; path to libpq.a/libpq.so/libpq.lib
REDIS_INCLUDE_DIR - Only when building with Redis; directory that contains hiredis.h
REDIS_LIBRARY - Only when building with Redis; path to libhiredis.a/libhiredis.so
SPATIAL_INCLUDE_DIR - Only when building with LibSpatial; directory that contains spatialindex/SpatialIndex.h
SPATIAL_LIBRARY - Only when building with LibSpatial; path to libspatialindex.so/spatialindex-32.lib
LUA_INCLUDE_DIR - Only if you want to use LuaJIT; directory where luajit.h is located
LUA_LIBRARY - Only if you want to use LuaJIT; path to libluajit.a/libluajit.so
OGG_DLL - Only if building with sound on Windows; path to libogg.dll
OGG_INCLUDE_DIR - Only if building with sound; directory that contains an ogg directory which contains ogg.h
OGG_LIBRARY - Only if building with sound; path to libogg.a/libogg.so/libogg.dll.a
OPENAL_DLL - Only if building with sound on Windows; path to OpenAL32.dll
OPENAL_INCLUDE_DIR - Only if building with sound; directory where al.h is located
OPENAL_LIBRARY - Only if building with sound; path to libopenal.a/libopenal.so/OpenAL32.lib
SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR - Directory that contains sqlite3.h
SQLITE3_LIBRARY - Path to libsqlite3.a/libsqlite3.so/sqlite3.lib
VORBISFILE_LIBRARY - Only if building with sound; path to libvorbisfile.a/libvorbisfile.so/libvorbisfile.dll.a
VORBIS_DLL - Only if building with sound on Windows; paths to vorbis DLLs
VORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR - Only if building with sound; directory that contains a directory vorbis with vorbisenc.h inside
VORBIS_LIBRARY - Only if building with sound; path to libvorbis.a/libvorbis.so/libvorbis.dll.a
ZLIB_DLL - Only on Windows; path to zlib1.dll
ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR - Directory that contains zlib.h
ZLIB_LIBRARY - Path to libz.a/libz.so/zlib.lib
ZSTD_DLL - Only on Windows; path to libzstd.dll
ZSTD_INCLUDE_DIR - Directory that contains zstd.h
ZSTD_LIBRARY - Path to libzstd.a/libzstd.so/ztd.lib