Updated Mapnik Installation (markdown)

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## Get the Source
### Important Note: The Mapnik documentation is currently in the process of being restructured and updated for Mapnik 2.0 and the move to GitHub -- please double check all information found here and fix / report any errors you may find. Thanks for your patience.
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[All releases](http://download.berlios.de/mapnik/)
Mapnik 2.0.0 is the current stable release. We are currently in the process of providing binary packages for supported platforms.
You can download the source code archive for Mapnik 2.0.0 (and other releases) [here](http://download.berlios.de/mapnik/).
Alternatively you can clone Mapnik's git repository for the in-development version (Warning: this may contain unstable / untested code):
Trunk (Warning UNSTABLE):
git clone https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik.git
INSTALLING Mapnik trunk / 2.0? If so, see [[Mapnik2]].
## Installing / Building
Currently source compiles are required for all platforms, see instructions below.
Build instructions are included in the source tree in the file [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/blob/master/INSTALL.md)
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# Old / outdated information
Also see [[MapnikDependencies]] for a list of dependencies and how to obtain / build them.
See [[UsingScons]] for an introduction to SCons (Mapnik's python build system)
## Platform-specific installation notes
- [[LinuxInstallation]] -- Notes on a variety of Linux Distributions
- [[FreeBSDInstallation]]
- [[WindowsInstallation]]
- [[BuildingOnWindows]]
- [[MacInstallation]]
- [Mac Binary Installers](http://dbsgeo.com/downloads)
- [[OpenSolarisInstallation]]
## Troubleshooting & Gotchas
- [[InstallationTroubleshooting]] (Find/Report hints here)
## General Resources
* Quickstart InstallGuide (also included in source code as 'INSTALL')
* Guide for UsingScons (Mapnik's python build system)
* Background on MapnikDependencies
* Guide for [Building with Autotools](/wiki:BuildingwithAutotools/) (The alternative way to build Mapnik)
## Mapnik on Linux
LinuxInstallation -- Notes on a variety of Linux Distributions
## Mapnik on FreeBSD
[[FreeBSDInstallation]]
## Mapnik
[[WindowsInstallation]]
[[BuildingOnWindows]]
## Mapnik on Mac OS X
[Mac Binary Installers](http://dbsgeo.com/downloads)
[[MacInstallation]]
## Mapnik on Open Solaris
[[OpenSolarisInstallation]]
### Gotchas
* [[InstallationTroubleshooting]] (Find/Report hints here)
### Additional Resources
* [Mapnik-users community list](http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users)