Get the StepMania Source with Anonymous CVS
These instructions are deprecated. Please see the Developers page for the latest instructions.
CVS is the repository that manages the StepMania source code. Our CVS server is graciously provided by SourceForge. Below are instructions on download source code using CVS.
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Unix/Linux/Mac OS X users
Just run cvs from the command line:
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@stepmania.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/stepmania co stepmania
Alternatively, you can download StepMania 3.9 source code using this command:
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@stepmania.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/stepmania co -r v390 stepmania
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Windows
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Install WinCVS
- Important: Uninstall all previous versions of WinCVS before proceeding. Settings from earlier versions will conflict with the settings of WinCVS 2.0.
- Get the latest recommended release of WinCVS. Currently, 2.0.2.4 is the latest recommended.
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"Checkout" the source code
- Open WinCVS.
- Click Remote -> Checkout module....
- For the module name enter stepmania.
- Check CVSROOT and enter :pserver:anonymous@stepmania.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/stepmania.
- Click OK.
- If a "chose your home directory" window appears, select c:\cvs, or any directory where you would like downloaded files to be stored.
- The source code should begin downloading. This can take a long time depending on your connection speed.
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Downloading the StepMania 3.9 source code (old version)
- Download the StepMania 3.9 source
- Before you compile, you must download the modified SDL version, and extract it in "src" folder. You can download it here.

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