instructions for building the mapserver locally

doc/building.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+# Building the mapserver
+
+Instructions to build the mapserver from source
+
+## Build dependencies
+
+* go >= 1.11
+
+Ubuntu install: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Ubuntu
+
+## Compile
+
+
+Working directory: */server*
+
+```bash
+# generate the static web files
+go generate
+
+# build the binary for the current playtform
+go build
+
+# (optionally) run the unit-tests
+go test ./...
+
+```
+

readme.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Realtime mapserver for [Minetest](https://minetest.net)
 # Documentation
 
 * [Installation](doc/install.md)
+* [Building](doc/building.md)
 * [Mapserver mod](doc/mod.md)
 * [Parameters](doc/params.md)
 * [Search](doc/search.md)