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## Use The Source!

K-3D is Free Software. The source code is licensed using the GNU General Public License.

K-3D is written in C++ with platform independence in mind. As a result, K-3D can be built on GNU/Linux, MacOS X, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, and other platforms.

We use Git for source-code management, CMake for our build system, and gtkmm for our user interface toolkit. Required dependencies include Boost, OpenGL, and libsigc++.

K-3D can be optionally built with integration for Collada, DBus, GLX, Gnome VFS, GTS, ImageMagick, ODE, OpenEXR, and more ...

## Quick Start

Clone the K-3D sources and build:

    $ git clone git://github.com/K-3D/k3d.git
    $ mkdir k3d-build
    $ cd k3d-build
    $ cmake ../k3d
    $ make

Run K-3D from the build directory:

    $ cd k3d-build
    $ make run/fast

Install K-3D:

    $ cd k3d-build
    $ make install

Make changes to the K-3D sources:

1. Create a fork on Github
2. commit the changes
3. send a pull request

You can also just create a patch, if needed.

For more on using Git see the guide.