# Building ctags

- Building with configure (*nix including GNU/Linux)
  - GNU/Linux distributions
  - Changing the executable’s name
  - Link time optimization
  - Cross-compilation
  - PEG optimization
- Building/hacking/using on MS-Windows
  - Compilers
  - Building ctags from the command line
  - Building ctags with IDEs
  - Other differences between Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux
- Building on Mac OS
  - Build Prerequisites
  - Differences between OSX and GNU/Linux
  - Contributing