# Building on Windows

Steps:

 * runprebuild.bat
 * Load OpenSim.sln into Visual Studio .NET and build the solution.
 * chdir bin 
 * copy OpenSim.ini.example to OpenSim.ini and other appropriate files in bin/config-include
 * run OpenSim.exe

# Building on Linux / Mac

Prereqs:

 *	Mono > 5.0
 *	On some Linux distributions you may need to install additional packages.
 *	msbuild or xbuild if still supported by the mono version
 *   See http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Dependencies for more information.

From the distribution type:

 * ./runprebuild.sh
 * type msbuild or xbuild
 * cd bin 
 * copy OpenSim.ini.example to OpenSim.ini and other appropriate files in bin/config-include
 * review and change those ini files according to your needs
 * windows: execute opensim.exe or opensim32.exe for small regions
 * linux: run ./opensim.sh
 * msbuild (xbuild) option switches
   *  clean:  msbuild /target:clean
   *  debug: (default) msbuild /property:Configuration=Debug
   *  release: msbuild /property:Configuration=Release

# References
 
Helpful resources:
* http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Build_Instructions