The latest Csound source code is available through the Concurrent Versions System (CVS)(http://www.cvshome.org). To download Csound sources using CVS, run the following commands:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/csound login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/csound co csound5
Information about accessing the CVS repository may be found in the SourceForge document Basic Introduction to CVS and SourceForge.net (SF.net) Project CVS Services.
If you wish to become a Csound developer, first obtain a SourceForge login, and then apply to John ffitch at the http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/csound site.
Csound and CsoundVST are built using the Python package scons, not with makefiles or GNU autotools. Experience shows that scons build systems are easier to write, easier to use, and run faster than autotools build systems. The only file used to build the entire Csound system is the SConstruct file, which is a Python script run by the scons shell script.
To build Csound 5:
If you also want to build CsoundVST, you must configure the FLTK libraries to enable threads (./configure ---enable-threads).
And you must also install and configure these additional packages: