Windows Setup =============================== Install Python 2.7 Install sphinx with python Install visual studio 2012 Install cmake Install git 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 "Source/SetupEnvironment.bat" to setup necessary variables and paths to compile in visual studio 2. Generate your visual studio solution files with running: 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 Runnable environment is stored in Build/Artifacts/RetroFE Linux Setup =============================== Install ubuntu or xubuntu 14.04 Run the following command sudo apt-get install git g++ cmake 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: cmake Source -BBuild -DVERSION_MAJOR=0 -DVERSION_MINOR=0 -DVERSION_BUILD=0 cd Build make Runnable environment is stored in Build/Artifacts/RetroFE