The primary build tool for LLGL is CMake and while LLGL is compatible with older versions down to version 3.7, it is recommended to use a more up to date version, i.e. 3.18 and later.
LLGL is compatible with the MSVC toolchain of Visual Studio 2015 and later. To build D3D11 and D3D12 backends, the Windows SDK 10 (10.0.10240.0 or later) is also required.
LLGL for macOS is compatible with Xcode 9 and later.
It is recommended to use a higher version of Xcode for LLGL on iOS. At least version 12 on macOS 10.15 Catalina is required to test the Metal backend on the iOS simulator.
The BuildLinux.sh script recognizes several major Linux distributions.
Use $ ./BuildLinux.sh -h in a command prompt for more details.
See also scripts/ListMissingPackages.sh for details about supported OS distributions.
The following libraries are the minimum requirement to build LLGL on Linux:
- X11:
libx11-dev(Debian),libx11(Arch),libx11-devel(RedHat) - Xrandr:
libxrandr-dev(Debian),libxrandr(Arch),libXrandr-devel(RedHat)
To build LLGL with the GNU ABI for Windows using MinGW, there is a build script for MSYS2. The compiler toolchain, cmake, and the OpenGL development libraries for mingw64-w64 can be installed as follows:
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-glew
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-freeglut
The build script BuildMsys2.sh can be used to automate the build process.
Use $ ./BuildMsys2.sh -h in a command prompt for more details.