build/README.txt

   1 = Mandatory Prerequisites =
   2
   3 * GCC, MSVC (9, 10, 11, 12), Xcode or Intel C/C++
   4 * CMake 2.8.8 or later http://www.cmake.org
   5 * On linux, ccmake is helpful, usually a package named cmake-curses-gui
   6
   7 Note: MSVC12 requires cmake 2.8.11 or later
   8
   9
  10 = Optional Prerequisites =
  11
  12 1. Yasm 1.2.0 or later, to compile assembly primitives (performance)
  13
  14    For Windows, download the latest yasm executable
  15    http://yasm.tortall.net/Download.html and copy the EXE into
  16    C:\Windows or somewhere else in your %PATH% that a 32-bit app (cmake)
  17    can find it. If it is not in the path, you must manually tell cmake
  18    where to find it.  Note: you do not need the vsyasm packages, x265
  19    does not use them.  You only need the yasm executable itself.
  20
  21    On Linux, the packaged yasm may be older than 1.2, in which case
  22    so you will need get the latest source and build it yourself.
  23
  24    Once YASM is properly installed, run cmake to regenerate projects. If you
  25    do not see the below line in the cmake output, YASM is not in the PATH.
  26
  27    -- Found Yasm 1.3.0 to build assembly primitives
  28
  29    Now build the encoder and run x265 -V:
  30
  31    x265 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX, SSE2, ...
  32
  33    If cpu capabilities line says 'none!', then the encoder was built
  34    without yasm.
  35
  36 2. VisualLeakDetector (Windows Only)
  37
  38    Download from https://vld.codeplex.com/releases and install. May need
  39    to re-login in order for it to be in your %PATH%.  Cmake will find it
  40    and enable leak detection in debug builds without any additional work.
  41
  42    If VisualLeakDetector is not installed, cmake will complain a bit, but
  43    it is completely harmless.
  44
  45
  46 = Build Instructions Linux =
  47
  48 1. Use cmake to generate Makefiles: cmake ../source
  49 2. Build x265:                      make
  50
  51   Or use our shell script which runs cmake then opens the curses GUI to
  52   configure build options
  53
  54 1. cd build/linux ; ./make-Makefiles.bash
  55 2. make
  56
  57
  58 = Build Instructions Windows =
  59
  60 We recommend you use one of the make-solutions.bat files in the appropriate
  61 build/ sub-folder for your preferred compiler.  They will open the cmake-gui
  62 to configure build options, click configure until no more red options remain,
  63 then click generate and exit.  There should now be an x265.sln file in the
  64 same folder, open this in Visual Studio and build it.
  65
  66 = Version number considerations =
  67
  68 Note that cmake will update X265_VERSION each time cmake runs, if you are
  69 building out of a Mercurial source repository.  If you are building out of
  70 a release source package, the version will not change.  If Mercurial is not
  71 found, the version will be "unknown".