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.
Trunk (Warning UNSTABLE):
git clone https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik.git
You can download the source code archive for Mapnik 2.0.0 (and other releases) [here](http://download.berlios.de/mapnik/).
INSTALLING Mapnik trunk / 2.0? If so, see [[Mapnik2]].
Alternatively you can clone Mapnik's git repository for the in-development version (Warning: this may contain unstable / untested code):
git clone https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik.git
## 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# Old / outdated information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)