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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.
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 are included at ./styles as a submodule. See the styles project to report problems or to contribute to these styles.
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++-5 or later
- Python 2.x (for build only)
pkg-config(for build only)libtool(for build only)automake(for build only)
Depending on your operating system and target, you'll need additional dependencies:
libcurl(depends on OpenSSL)
- Apple Command Line Tools (available at Apple Developer)
- Homebrew
- Cask (if building for Android)
- xcpretty (
gem install xcpretty)
See the relevant SDK documentation for next steps: