The main renderdoc.sln is a VS2015 solution. It should also compile in VS2017, just select to update the compilers if you don't have the 2015 compilers available.
There are no external dependencies apart from the Windows SDK and any version will work, otherwise all libraries/headers needed to build are included in the git checkout.
On windows, the Development configuration is recommended for day-to-day dev. It's debuggable but not too slow. The Release configuration is then obviously what you should compile for any builds you'll send out to people or if you want to evaluate performance.
First check that you have all of the required dependencies.
Currently linux should work with gcc 5+ and clang 3.4+ as it requires C++14 compiler support. The Travis CI builds with gcc-6.0 and clang-3.5. Within reason other compilers will be supported if the required patches are minimal. Distribution packages should be built with the Release CMake build type so that warnings do not trigger errors. To build just run:
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -Bbuild -H.
make -C build
Configuration is available for cmake, documented elsewhere. You can override the compiler with environment variables CC and CXX, and there are some options you can toggle in the root CMakeLists files such as cmake -DENABLE_GL=OFF.
First check that you have all of the required dependencies.
Mac support is pretty early and while it will compile, it's not usable for debugging yet and is not officially supported. Builds happen with cmake the same way as Linux.
First check that you have all of the required dependencies.
To build the components required to debug an Android target invoke cmake and enable BUILD_ANDROID=On:
mkdir build-android
cd build-android
cmake -DBUILD_ANDROID=On -DANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a ..
make
On Windows, you should always build Android from a bash shell - cygwin, msys2, Windows WSL, etc. Building from cmd may work but is not supported.
On windows cmake you need to specify the 'generator' type to the cmake invocation. The exact parameter will depend on your bash shell, but options are e.g. -G "MSYS Makefiles" or -G "MinGW Makefiles", i.e.:
cmake -DBUILD_ANDROID=On -DANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a -G "MSYS Makefiles" ..
With GLES programs on Android, the built-in hooking method doesn't always work. If you have trouble with crashes or problems capturing GLES programs, try enabling building with interceptor-lib. WARNING: Building this requires a hefty dependency.