Requirements

C++11 compatible compiler
GMP (GNU multiprecision library) http://gmplib.org/
(optional) gperftools https://code.google.com/p/gperftools/
cmake http://www.cmake.org

Install Packages on Ubuntu

Instructions for installing gperftools on Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:agent-8131/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install libgoogle-perftools-dev

Instructions for installing gcc-4.8 (C++11 compatible) on Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all gcc
sudo update-alternatives --remove-all g++
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install g++-4.8 -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y

Instructions for installing clang-3.3 (C++11 compatible) on Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:h-rayflood/llvm
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install clang-3.3 clang-3.3-doc

Note that you still need to have g++-4.8's C++ runtime library to support some C++11 features that we are using.

You can specify the C++ compiler to use by using -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER option. For example

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-3.3 ../../src

Install Packages on OS X

We assume that you are using homebrew, "The missing package manager for OS X".

Instructions for installing gperftools on OS X 10.8

$ brew install gperftools

Instructions for installing gcc-4.8 (C++11 compatible) on OS X 10.8

$ brew tap homebrew/versions
$ brew install gcc48

Instructions for installing clang-3.3 (C++11 compatible) on OS X 10.8

$ brew install llvm --with-clang --with-asan

Build Instructions

Using CMake + Make

Instructions for DEBUG build

mkdir -p build/debug
cd build/debug
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG ../../src
make

Instructions for RELEASE build

mkdir -p build/release
cd build/release
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE ../../src
make

Using CMake + Ninja

CMake 2.8.11 supports Ninja build system using -G option. Some people report that using Ninja can reduce the build time, esp when a build is incremental.