.. _source_code_install:

Source Code
===========

:audience:`administrators, developers`

Tango Controls for C++ and Java is available for download as source code or as pre-compiled binaries.

`The latest source code release is 9.3.3-rc1 <https://github.com/tango-controls/TangoSourceDistribution/releases/tag/9.3.3-rc1>`_.

   * `Tango 9.3.3 C++ library release notes <https://github.com/tango-controls/cppTango/releases/tag/9.3.3>`_

**Previous releases**

   * previous `stable release 9.2.5a <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tango-cs/files/tango-9.2.5a.tar.gz/download>`_

     * `Readme - TANGO changes <http://ftp.esrf.fr/pub/cs/tango/README.9.2.5a.txt>`_
     * `MD5 <http://ftp.esrf.fr/pub/cs/tango/tango-9.2.5a.tar.gz.md5>`_
   * previous `stable release 9.2.2 <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tango-cs/files/tango-9.2.2.tar.gz/download>`_
   * a patched version of the previous `source code release 8.1.2 <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tango-cs/files/Previous_Releases/Tango8/>`_
   * previous `stable release 8.0.5 <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tango-cs/files/Previous_Releases/Tango8/>`_

Always look at the :ref:`Patches<patches>` page when you download a Tango release.
If some patches are available for your release, please, get and apply them.
