Linux Setup =============================== Install ubuntu or xubuntu 14.04 Run the following command to install necessary dependencies sudo apt-get install git g++ cmake dos2unix zlib1g-dev libsdl2-2.0 libsdl2-mixer-2.0 libsdl2-image-2.0 libsdl2-ttf-2.0 \ libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \ libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev zlib1g-dev libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-dev sqlite3 To build, run the following command: ./Build.sh Files will output to Artifacts/RetroFE. Copy this directory to any folder of your choosing (i.e.) cp -r Artifacts/RetroFE /opt Windows Setup =============================== Install Python 2.7 Install sphinx with python Install visual studio 2012 Install Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .net Framework 4 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279 Install cmake Install tortoisehg Install 7zip Install gstreamer and gstreamer-devel (x86, not 64 bit!) from http://gstreamer.freedesktop/org/data/pkg/windows/1.4.0 To build: 1. Run "RetroFE/Source/SetupEnvironment.bat" to setup necessary variables and paths to compile in visual studio 2. Generate your visual studio solution files with running: cd RetroFE cmake Source -BBuild -DGSTREAMER_ROOT=c:/gstreamer/1.0/x86 -DVERSION_MAJOR=0 -DVERSION_MINOR=0 -DVERSION_BUILD=0 3. Compile your environment: cd Build msbuild RetroFE.sln To package: Create a Artifacts/RetroFE folder Copy Package/Environment/Common/* to Artifacts/RetroFE Copy Package/Environment/Windows/* to Artifacts/RetroFE Find all libaries to include, copy them to Artifacts/RetroFE/Core Copy Build/Debug/RetroFE.exe to Artifacts/RetroFE/Core Build Configuration/Configuration.sln copy Configuration.exe to Artifacts/RetroFE Build documentation and copy to Artifacts/RetroFE/Documentation