# 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/).** 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. 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 Mapbox GL Native uses git submodules, so you'll need to initialize and update them after cloning the source from Git. git clone https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native.git cd mapbox-gl-native git submodule init git submodule update Default styles in the [Mapbox GL Style Spec format](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-style-spec) are included at `./styles` as a submodule. See the [styles project](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-styles) to report problems or to contribute to these styles. ## 2: Installing Dependencies These dependencies are required for all operating systems and all platform targets. - Modern C++ compiler that supports `-std=c++14` - clang++ 3.5 or later _or_ - g++-4.9 or later - Python 2.x (for build only) - [`pkg-config`](https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/pkg-config/) (for build only) - [`libtool`](https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/) (for build only) - [`automake`](https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/) (for build only) Depending on your operating system and target, you'll need additional dependencies: ### Additional Dependencies for Linux - [`libcurl`](http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/) (depends on OpenSSL) ### Additional Dependencies for OS X - Apple Command Line Tools (available at [Apple Developer](https://developer.apple.com/downloads)) - [Homebrew](http://brew.sh) - [Cask](http://caskroom.io/) (if building for Android) ## 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 OS X SDK](platform/osx/) * [Mapbox GL Native on Linux](platform/linux/) * [node-mapbox-gl-native](platform/node/)