# Where are build instructions for 13.1.2
**URL:** https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-are-build-instructions-for-13-1-2/3213
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [October 8, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-are-build-instructions-for-13-1-2/3213 "2025-10-08T08:21:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@steve.jorgensen-kt](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steve.jorgensen-kt)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-are-build-instructions-for-13-1-2/3213/1 "2025-10-08T08:21:44Z")
Where are instructions to build Graphviz 13.1.2?
After downloading, README directs me to doc/build.html, and that just redirects to [Building | Graphviz](https://graphviz.org/doc/build.html) which is for the latest version and clearly is not the same as for earlier versions since the extracted download does not contain a `configure` executable file. The page also does not offer a way to choose a different version to show instructions for.
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### Author:  [@mark](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/mark)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-are-build-instructions-for-13-1-2/3213/2 "2025-10-08T11:00:28Z")
Sorry, we haven’t been as good at maintaining these docs as we could be. My suggestion would be to look at the scripts in the ci/ directory at that revision, that’s the actual source of truth for how we build our binary releases. I understand this is a little less helpful than a full documentation grouped by version, but we are a bit short staffed.
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### Author:  [@steve.jorgensen-kt](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steve.jorgensen-kt)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-are-build-instructions-for-13-1-2/3213/3 "2025-10-08T16:33:10Z")
It turns out that I won’t needs to build 13.1.2, but this pointer will likely help me in the future.
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### Author:  [@steve.jorgensen-kt](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steve.jorgensen-kt)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-are-build-instructions-for-13-1-2/3213/4 "2025-10-08T16:36:11Z")
Thanks very much, Mark. 🙂
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### Author:  [@smattr](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/smattr)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/where-are-build-instructions-for-13-1-2/3213/5 "2025-10-12T21:28:57Z")
> [@steve.jorgensen-kt](#):
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> the extracted download does not contain a `configure` executable file
I think I’m misunderstanding something. AFAICT `configure` _is_ there:
```auto
$ wget https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/4207231/packages/generic/graphviz-releases/13.1.2/graphviz-13.1.2.tar.gz
…
$ tar xvf graphviz-13.1.2.tar.gz
…
$ cd graphviz-13.1.2
$ ls -l configure
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 matthew matthew 987610 Aug 8 16:23 configure
```
Can you elaborate?