How to compile Blender from source?

Question

I just downloaded blender souce.

How do I build it?

I tried make command, but I am getting this:

Btw, I am doing this on Windows using Cygwin.

Answer 1

Large and complicated projects such as Blender often have many dependencies and intricacies which makes building them yourself a pretty daunting task. Usually the source code is accompanied by the build instructions which tell you how to build it. But you often can find them on the web, too.