Build the CLI binary app from a local source repository

Warning

CatBoost uses CMake-based build process since this commit. Previously Ya Make (Yandex's build system) had been used.

Select the appropriate build method below accordingly.

Source code

CatBoost source code is stored as a Git repository on GitHub at https://github.com/catboost/catboost/. You can obtain a local copy of this Git repository by running the following command from a command line interpreter (you need to have Git command line tools installed):

git clone https://github.com/catboost/catboost.git

Build using CMake

Build catboost target. See Build native artifacts.

Build using Ya Make

Setup build environment
Open the catboost/catboost/app directory from the local copy of the CatBoost repository.

Run the following command:

../../ya make -r [optional parameters]

Parameter	Description
`-DCUDA_ROOT`	The path to CUDA. This parameter is required to support training on GPU.
`-DHAVE_CUDA=no`	Disable CUDA support. This speeds up compilation. By default, the package is built with CUDA support if CUDA Toolkit is installed.
`-o`	The directory to output the compiled package to. By default, the current directory is used.

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