# How to Build - On Windows with Visual Studio's CLI ``` set SDL2_DIR=path_to_your_sdl2_folder cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdlrenderer.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_sdl2_sdlrenderer.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x86 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib /subsystem:console # ^^ include paths ^^ source files ^^ output exe ^^ output dir ^^ libraries # or for 64-bit: cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdlrenderer.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_sdl2_sdlrenderer.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x64 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib /subsystem:console ``` - On Linux and similar Unixes ``` c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp `sdl2-config --libs` -lGL ``` - On Mac OS X ``` brew install sdl2 c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp `sdl2-config --libs` -framework OpenGl ```