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Overview

Instructions on how to compile the MediaPortal 2 source code

Compiling with Visual C# 2015

Install the free Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition from Microsoft. 

Compiling a 'Release' version

The Release build configuration is used for productive builds. During development and for debug builds, use the Debug build configuration. To compile MediaPortal 2 in the Release build configuration, follow these simple steps:

Start Visual Studio 2015

Open any of the following solution files

• Source\MP2-Client.sln

• Source\MP2-Server.sln

• Source\MP2-ServiceMonitor.sln

• Source\MP2-Setup.sln

• Set the active build configuration to 'Release'
• Set the active platform to 'x86' *
• Select Build->Rebuild solution

The output will be located in

Bin\MP2-Client\bin\x86\Release\

for the client

Bin\MP2-Server\bin\x86\Release\

for the server

Bin\MP2-ServiceMonitor\bin\x86\Release\

for the service monitor

Bin\MP2-Setup\Release\en-us\

for the setup

Compiling a 'Debug' version

The Debug build configuration is used during development. To compile MediaPortal 2 in the Debug build configuration, do the following steps:

* Start Visual Studio 2010 / 2012 * Open the solution file

Source\MP2-Client.sln

 or

Source\MP2-Server.sln

 or

Source\MP2-ServiceMonitor.sln

 or

Setup\MP2-Setup.sln

• Set the active build configuration to 'Debug'
• Set the active platform to 'x86'
• Select Build->Rebuild solution

The output will be located in

Bin\MP2-Client\bin\x86\Debug\

for the client

Bin\MP2-Server\bin\x86\Debug\

for the server

Bin\MP2-ServiceMonitor\bin\x86\Debug\

for the service monitor

Bin\MP2-Setup\Debug\en-us\

for the setup
 

Compiling with MSBuild

MSBuild comes with the .NET SDK and is a command line tool to build software by using the project files that Visual Studio creates.

The following batch files for compiling with MSBuild are already included in the repository:

Build\MSBUILD_Rebuild_Release_Client.bat

 for the client

Build\MSBUILD_Rebuild_Release_Server.bat

 for the server

Build\MSBUILD_Rebuild_Release_ServiceMonitor.bat

 for the service monitor

Build\MSBUILD_Rebuild_Release_Setup.bat

 for the setup

You have to run each batch file, one by one. Do not run more than one at the same time.

After the builds are successfully completed, your freshly compiled MediaPortal is available in:

Bin\MP2-Client\bin\x86\Release

for the client

Bin\MP2-Server\bin\x86\Release

for the server

Bin\MP2-ServiceMonitor\bin\x86\Release

for the service monitor

Bin\MP2-Setup\Release\en-us

for the setup