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authorGravatar aehlig <aehlig@google.com>2017-08-25 19:01:57 +0200
committerGravatar Vladimir Moskva <vladmos@google.com>2017-08-28 16:08:14 +0200
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Update dependency list in the installation instructions
While it is not a clear decission what is a dependency and which programs are expected to be always there (various systems have differing opinions on this), err on the side of mentioning more. In any case zip was missing (for any system). Fixes #3578. PiperOrigin-RevId: 166489619
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@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ title: Compile Bazel from Source
You can build Bazel from source following these steps:
-1. Ensure that JDK 8 and Python are installed on your system.
+1. Ensure that JDK 8, Python, bash, zip, and the usual C build toolchain
+ are installed on your system.
* On systems based on Debian packages (Debian, Ubuntu): you can install
OpenJDK 8 and Python by running the following command in a terminal:
```sh
- sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk python
+ sudo apt-get install build-essential openjdk-8-jdk python zip
```
* On Windows: you need additional software. See the [requirements
page](windows.html#requirements).