-This page is about compiling the sources included in [stable](https://xonotic.org/download) and [beta](https://beta.xonotic.org/autobuild) releases, and is also applicable when updating by rsync.
+This page is about compiling the sources included in [stable](https://xonotic.org/download) and [beta](Autobuilds) releases, and is also applicable when [updating by rsync](https://xonotic.org/download#upgrading).
For development purposes (git builds), please see [Repository_Access](Repository_Access).
The release Makefile aims to provide a convenient way to compile for alternative CPU architectures, or to get a build fully optimised for a recent x86 CPU (the official binaries are generic x86_64). It would also allow you to run Xonotic on an OS too old to be supported by official binaries.
-To this end the Makefile defaults to enabling all optimisations that can be used on your current CPU without causing bugs, and to using all available CPU threads.
+To this end the Makefile default settings enable all optimisations that can be used on your current CPU without causing bugs, and compile using all available CPU threads.
-The builds will be dynamically linked except for d0_blind_id which is statically linked to ensure reliable player ID support and because OS distributions don't ship this.
+The engine builds will be dynamically linked except for d0_blind_id which is statically linked to ensure reliable player ID support and because OS distributions don't ship this.
-Invoking `make` or `make help` will print the supported targets and current config.
-**Most people will want `make update-beta client` or `make update-stable client`**
+Invoking `make` or `make help` in the Xonotic directory will print the supported targets and current config.
+
+**Most people will want `make update-stable client` or `make update-beta client`**
## System package dependencies
### Debian
Build: `build-essential automake libgmp-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libsdl2-dev`
Runtime: `libfreetype6 curl rsync`
-*Note: Debian's `libjpeg-dev` metapackage pulls in `libjpeg62-turbo-dev`*