gdal/BUILDING.md

GDAL build instructions

This file contains and points to instructions about building GDAL from source.

Building with cmake (GDAL >= 3.5.0)

CMake is the only build system supported since GDAL 3.6.0.

There is a build hints page on the website.

Beyond that page, note:

• cmake builds in the source directory are not supported (expected to fail)

Building with autoconf or nmake (GDAL < 3.6.0)

autoconf and nmake build systems were only available in GDAL < 3.5.0, have been deprecated in GDAL 3.5.x, and finally completely removed in GDAL 3.6.0.