Compiling Luanti
This page is about compiling Minetest for desktop platforms. For compiling Minetest for Android, see Android.
Compiling on GNU/Linux
Please see the README.md file for instructions.
See also
Compiling on Windows
Please see the Minetest README.
Cross-compilation
To compile a win32 version of Minetest in Linux with MinGW you can use the build script in utils/buildbot/buildwin32.sh.
To compile a win64 version of Minetest in Linux with MinGW you can use the build script in utils/buildbot/buildwin64.sh.
If you have errors during cross compilation related to std::thread and std::mutex, this is due to mingw-w64 being incorrectly configured for cross compilation.
To fix the errors, use the command:
For 64-bit builds: sudo update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
For 32-bit Ubuntu Builds: sudo update-alternatives --config i686-w64-mingw32-g++
For 32-bit Debian Builds: sudo update-alternatives --config i586-w64-mingw32-g++
When provided with a prompt for which version to select, please choose "posix". Then retry the buildwin32.sh or buildwin64.sh