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+== Building, Installing and Running FIFE ==
+
+=== Notes ===
+We are finally able to provide install targets for most platforms.  There may be a few minor issues left over to work out but for the most part the install targets work as advertized.
+
+
+=== Dependencies ===
+A list of all dependencies (including accurate version numbers) that you'll need to obtain to build FIFE on your platform can be found at the project wiki:
+ * http://wiki.fifengine.de/index.php?title=Build_dependencies
+
+
+=== SCons Build System Notes ===
+FIFE utilizes the SCons (http://www.scons.org) build system. Here is a quick list of scons commands that can be important for building FIFE on your platform:
+ * 'scons -h' will list additional compile options.
+ * 'scons -c' deletes any compiled objects (scons equivalent of 'make clean').
+ * 'scons' will build FIFE (default target is fife-python).
+
+Valid targets include:
+  * ext : builds the external dependencies (only REQUIRED in Linux)
+  * tests : builds unittests (needed for test_fife.py)
+  * fife-shared : builds a shared library (DLL on Windows)
+  * fife-static : builds a static library
+  * fife-python : (default) builds a python module (uses swig)
+  * fife-swig : build the swig python wrappers
+  * fife : builds fife-shared, fife-static and fife-python
+  * install-shared : installs the shared library
+  * install-static : installs the static library
+  * install-python : installs the python module and library
+  * install-dev : installed the shared, static and header files
+  * install-all : installs the shared, static and python libraries
+  * projects : build msvc, msvc9 and code-blocks (win32 and linux) project files
+
+Build options:
+  * --release : builds the release versions of the binaries
+  * --disable-opengl : removes opengl support
+  * --disable-zip : removes ZIP archive support
+  * --disable-log : disable engine logging support
+  * --enable-rend-camzone : enables camera zone renderer
+  * --enable-rend-grid : enables camera grid renderer
+  * --enable-profile : build with profiling information
+  * --prefix : installation prefix for the shared and static libraries
+  * --python-prefix : installation prefix for the python library
+
+
+== Platform specific details ==
+
+=== Linux ===
+Detailed information how to build FIFE on Linux-based distributions can be found at the project wiki:
+ * http://wiki.fifengine.de/index.php?title=Building:Linux:SCons
+
+After FIFE has been built successfully move into the <FIFE>/demos/rio_de_hola directory and run: 'python run.py'
+
+=== OS X ===
+Detailed information how to build FIFE on OS X systems can be found at the project wiki:
+ * http://wiki.fifengine.de/index.php?title=Building:Mac:Scons
+
+After FIFE has been built successfully move into the <FIFE>/demos/rio_de_hola directory and run: 'python run.py'
+
+
+=== Win32 ===
+The Win32 package ships with precompiled binaries. Simply unpack the package to location of your choice. After that you'll need to install ActivePython 2.6:
+ * http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/windows/2.6/ActivePython-2.6.4.8-win32-x86.msi (for 32bit Windows systems)
+ * http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/windows/2.6/ActivePython-2.6.4.8-win64-x64-nopywin32.msi (for 64bit Windows systems)
+
+Move into the <FIFE>\demos\rio_de_hola directory and start the run.py script. You can simply double-click with your mouse on it. It should be automatically associated with the Python interpreter after installing ActivePython.
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