# Building an older version of Cinder
**URL:** https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/building-an-older-version-of-cinder/1681
**Category:** Using Cinder
**Created:** [July 29, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/building-an-older-version-of-cinder/1681 "2020-07-29T12:07:28Z")
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### Author:  [@apekshaav](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/apekshaav)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/building-an-older-version-of-cinder/1681/1 "2020-07-29T12:07:28Z")
Hi,
I’m looking for a way to build an older release of Cinder, specifically [v0.8.5](https://github.com/cinder/Cinder/releases/tag/v0.8.5), on Ubuntu 18.04. I’ve checked out this release on a separate branch but it doesn’t seem to have cmake support? I’m new to Cinder so I’m unaware of how Cinder used to be built before migrating to cmake (if that is the case at all). Would appreciate any advice on how to proceed down this line. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@gabor\_papp](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/gabor_papp)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/building-an-older-version-of-cinder/1681/2 "2020-07-30T13:21:13Z")
Hi,
Cinder was not supported in Linux those times I think.
I have an old branch which was built with `scons`, but I’m not sure it will compile with the new tools available today:
> **[gaborpapp/Cinder](https://github.com/gaborpapp/Cinder/tree/linux)**
>
> Cinder is a community-developed, free and open source library for professional-quality creative coding in C++. - gaborpapp/Cinder
-Gabor