# Build LAMMPS

LAMMPS is built as a library and an executable from source code using
either traditional makefiles for use with GNU make (which may require
manual editing), or using a build environment generated by CMake (Unix
Makefiles, Ninja, Xcode, Visual Studio, KDevelop, CodeBlocks and more).

As an alternative, you can download a package with pre-built executables
or automated build trees, as described in the [Install](Install) section
of the manual.

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Build_cmake Build_make Build_link Build_basics Build_settings
Build_package Build_extras Build_manual Build_windows Build_diskspace
Build_development
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