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updated build instructions for Visual Studio 2013 and Python 2.7.x

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Wenzel Jakob 2014-02-13 13:24:44 +01:00
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\section{Compiling the renderer}
\label{sec:compiling}
To compile Mitsuba, you will need a recent C++ compiler (e.g. GCC 4.2+ or
Visual Studio 2010) and some additional libraries, which Mitsuba uses internally.
Visual Studio 2010/2013) and some additional libraries, which Mitsuba uses internally.
Builds on all supported platforms are done using a unified system
based on SCons (\url{http://www.scons.org}), which is a Python-based
software construction tool. The exact process is different depending on
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will run extremely slowly. Its main use is to track down elusive bugs.
\end{description}
\paragraph{Windows:}
On Windows, builds can either be performed using the Visual Studio 2010\footnote{No other Visual Studio versions are currently supported.}
compiler or Intel XE Composer (on top of Visual Studio 2010).
Note that Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 \emph{must} be installed or the resulting binaries will crash.
On Windows, builds can either be performed using the Visual Studio 2010 or 2013\footnote{No other Visual Studio versions are currently supported.}
compiler or Intel XE Composer.
If you are using Visual Studio 2010, note that Service Pack 1 \emph{must} be installed or the resulting binaries will crash.
\begin{description}
\item[\code{build/config-\{win32, win64\}-\{msvc2010, msvc2010-debug\}.py}:] Create 32 or 64 bit binaries using Microsoft Visual C++ version 2010.
The configurations with the suffix \code{-debug} will include debug symbols in all binaries, which run very slowly.
\item[\code{build/config-win64-\{msvc2013, msvc2013-debug\}.py}:] Create 64 bit binaries using Microsoft Visual C++ version 2013. Please use
Visual Studio 2010 for legacy 32 bit builds.
\item[\code{build/config-\{win32, win64\}-icl.py}:] Create 32 or 64 bit release binaries using Intel XE Composer (on top of Visual Studio 2010).
Versions XE 2012 and 2013 are known to work.
\end{description}
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installation of Visual Studio is up to date, since Mitsuba binaries created with versions
prior to Service Pack 1 will crash.
Next, you will need to install Python 2.6.x
Next, you will need to install Python 2.7.x
(\url{www.python.org}) and SCons\footnote{Note that on some Windows machines, the SCons
installer generates a warning about not finding Python in the registry. In this case, you
can instead run \code{python setup.py install} within the source release of SCons.}