CMake Options
This page is supposed to document the CMake switches you can use when building Minetest. These options are properly documented in the official README file. Since there can be some changes, this page might be outdated.
General options
Name | Functionality | Default Value |
---|---|---|
BUILD_CLIENT
|
Build Minetest client | YES |
BUILD_SERVER
|
Build Minetest server | YES on Linux; NO on Windows |
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
|
Type of build (Release vs. Debug)
|
Release |
ENABLE_CURL
|
Build with cURL; Public serverlist and remote media fetching via HTTP | YES |
ENABLE_FREETYPE
|
Build with Freetype2; TTF fonts | NO |
ENABLE_GETTEXT
|
Build with Gettext; Translations | NO |
ENABLE_GLES
|
Search for Open GLES headers & libraries and use them | NO |
ENABLE_LEVELDB
|
Build with LevelDB; LevelDB map backend | NO |
ENABLE_REDIS
|
Build with libhiredis; redis map backend | YES |
ENABLE_SOUND
|
Build with OpenAL, libogg & libvorbis; in-game sounds | YES |
ENABLE_LUAJIT
|
Build with LuaJIT; faster Lua execution | YES |
RUN_IN_PLACE
|
Create a portable install (worlds, settings etc. in current directory) | NO on Linux; YES on Windows |
USE_GPROF
|
Enable profiling using GProf | NO |
VERSION_EXTRA
|
Text to append to version (e.g. VERSION_EXTRA=foobar -> Minetest 0.4.9-foobar) |
Library specific
General
BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR
- Linux only; directory where bzlib.h is located
BZIP2_LIBRARY
- Linux only; path to libbz2.a/libbz2.so
IRRLICHT_DLL
- path to Irrlicht.dll
IRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains IrrCompileConfig.h
IRRLICHT_LIBRARY
- path to libIrrlicht.a/libIrrlicht.so/libIrrlicht.dll.a
LUA_INCLUDE_DIR
- Only if you want to use LuaJIT; directory where luajit.h is located
LUA_LIBRARY
- Only if you want to use LuaJIT; path to libluajit.a/libluajit.so
MINGWM10_DLL
- Only if compiling with MinGW; path to mingwm10.dll
SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR
- Only if you want to use SQLite from your OS; directory that contains sqlite3.h
SQLITE3_LIBRARY
- Only if you want to use the SQLite from your OS; path to libsqlite3.a/libsqlite3.so
XXF86VM_LIBRARY
- Only on Linux; path to libXXf86vm.a/libXXf86vm.so
ZLIB_DLL
- Only on Windows; path to zlibwapi.dll
ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory where zlib.h is located
ZLIB_LIBRARY
- path to libz.a/libz.so/zlibwapi.lib
cURL
CURL_DLL
- Only on Windows; path to libcurl.dll
CURL_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory where curl.h is located
CURL_LIBRARY
- path to libcurl.a/libcurl.so/libcurl.lib
OpenGL ES
EGL_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains egl.h
EGL_LIBRARY
- path to libEGL.a/libEGL.so
OPENGLES2_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains gl2.h
OPENGLES2_LIBRARY
- path to libGLESv2.a/libGLESv2.so
Freetype2
FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2
- directory that contains an freetype directory with files such as ftimage.h in it
FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build
- directory that contains ft2build.h
FREETYPE_LIBRARY
- path to libfreetype.a/libfreetype.so/freetype.lib
Gettext
GETTEXT_DLL
- Only on Windows; path to libintl3.dll
GETTEXT_ICONV_DLL
- Only on Windows; path to libiconv2.dll
GETTEXT_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains iconv.h
GETTEXT_LIBRARY
- Only on Windows; path to libintl.dll.a
GETTEXT_MSGFMT
- path to msgfmt/msgfmt.exe
LevelDB
LEVELDB_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains db.h
LEVELDB_LIBRARY
- path to libleveldb.a/libleveldb.so/libleveldb.dll
Redis
REDIS_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains hiredis.h
REDIS_LIBRARY
- path to libhiredis.a/libhiredis.so
Sound
OGG_DLL
- Only on Windows; path to libogg.dll
OGG_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains an ogg directory which contains ogg.h
OGG_LIBRARY
- path to libogg.a/libogg.so/libogg.dll.a
OPENAL_DLL
- Only on Windows; path to OpenAL32.dll
OPENAL_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains an AL directory which contains al.h
OPENAL_LIBRARY
- path to libopenal.a/libopenal.so/OpenAL32.lib
VORBISFILE_DLL
- Only on Windows; path to libvorbisfile-3.dll
VORBISFILE_LIBRARY
- path to libvorbisfile.a/libvorbisfile.so/libvorbisfile.dll.a
VORBIS_DLL
- Only on Windows; path to libvorbis-0.dll
VORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR
- directory that contains a directory vorbis with vorbisenc.h inside
VORBIS_LIBRARY
- path to libvorbis.a/libvorbis.so/libvorbis.dll.a