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* [Bison (2.4)](http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/)
* [Flex (2.5.35)](http://flex.sourceforge.net/)
+### Getting the source code
+
+Install git (http://git-scm.com/) onto your system. Then run a clone:
+
+ git clone git://github.com/openscad/openscad.git
+
+This will download the latest sources into a directory named 'openscad'.
+
+To pull the MCAD library (http://reprap.org/wiki/MCAD), do the following:
+
+ cd openscad
+ git submodule init
+ git submodule update
+
### Building for Mac OS X
First, make sure that you have XCode installed to get GCC. Then after
@@ -124,9 +138,9 @@ Then after you've cloned this git repository, use a package manager to
download packages for the dependency libraries listed above. Convenience
scripts are provided for some popular systems:
-Ubuntu, Debian: ./scripts/ubuntu-build-dependencies.sh
-OpenSUSE: ./scripts/opensuse-build-dependencies.sh
-Fedora, Redhat: ./scripts/fedora-build-dependencies.sh
+ Ubuntu, Debian: ./scripts/ubuntu-build-dependencies.sh
+ OpenSUSE: ./scripts/opensuse-build-dependencies.sh
+ Fedora: ./scripts/fedora-build-dependencies.sh
Check your library versions to make sure they meet the minimum
requirements listed above. After that follow the Compilation
contact: Jan Huwald // Impressum