Build from source

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 environment setup
• Build native artifacts
• By component:

  • Build Python package

  • Build CatBoost for Apache Spark

  • Build R package:

    • Install from GitHub
    • Install from a local Git repository

  • Build Command-line binary

Build using Ya Make (for previous versions)

• Build environment setup
• By component:

  • Build Python package

    • In-place build on Linux and macOS
    • In-place build on Windows
    • Build a wheel using mk_wheel.py

  • Build CatBoost for Apache Spark

  • Build R package:

    • Install from GitHub
    • Install from a local Git repository

  • Build Command-line binary