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# Building & Developing Mapbox GL Native from Source
**Just trying to use Mapbox GL Native? You don't need to read this stuff! We
-provide [easy-to-install, prebuilt versions of the Mapbox SDKs for iOS and Android
-that you can download instantly and get started with fast](https://www.mapbox.com/mobile/).**
+provide [easy-to-install, prebuilt versions of the Mapbox Maps SDKs for iOS and Android
+that you can download instantly and get started with fast](https://www.mapbox.com/install/).**
Still with us? These are the instructions you'll need to build Mapbox GL Native
from source on a variety of platforms and set up a development environment.
@@ -11,47 +11,54 @@ Your journey will start with getting the source code, then installing the
dependencies, and then setting up a development environment, which varies
depending on your operating system and what platform you want to develop for.
-## 1: Getting the Source
+## 1: Getting the source
Clone the git repository:
git clone https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native.git
cd mapbox-gl-native
-## 2: Installing Dependencies
+## 2: Installing dependencies
These dependencies are required for all operating systems and all platform
targets.
- - Modern C++ compiler that supports `-std=c++14`
+ - Modern C++ compiler that supports `-std=c++14`\*
- clang++ 3.5 or later _or_
- - g++-5 or later
+ - g++-4.9 or later
- [CMake](https://cmake.org/) 3.1 or later (for build only)
- [cURL](https://curl.haxx.se) (for build only)
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 4.2.1 or later (for build only)
- [`pkg-config`](https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/pkg-config/) (for build only)
+**Note**: We partially support C++14 because GCC 4.9 does not fully implement the
+final draft of the C++14 standard. More information in [DEVELOPING.md](DEVELOPING.md).
+
Depending on your operating system and target, you'll need additional
dependencies:
-### Additional Dependencies for Linux
+### Additional dependencies for Linux
- [`libcurl`](http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/) (depends on OpenSSL)
-### Additional Dependencies for macOS
+### Additional dependencies for macOS
- Apple Command Line Tools (available at [Apple Developer](https://developer.apple.com/download/more/))
- [Homebrew](http://brew.sh)
- [Cask](http://caskroom.io/) (if building for Android)
- [xcpretty](https://github.com/supermarin/xcpretty) (`gem install xcpretty`)
+### Optional dependencies
+
+- [ccache](https://ccache.samba.org) (for build only; improves recompilation performance)
+
## 3: Setting up a development environment & building
See the relevant SDK documentation for next steps:
-* [Mapbox Android SDK](platform/android/)
-* [Mapbox iOS SDK](platform/ios/)
-* [Mapbox macOS SDK](platform/macos/)
+* [Maps SDK for Android](platform/android/)
+* [Maps SDK for iOS](platform/ios/)
+* [Maps SDK for iOS](platform/macos/)
* [Mapbox Qt SDK](platform/qt/)
* [Mapbox GL Native on Linux](platform/linux/)
* [node-mapbox-gl-native](platform/node/)