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authorGravatar Thomas Broyer <t.broyer@ltgt.net>2017-07-10 15:29:17 +0200
committerGravatar László Csomor <laszlocsomor@google.com>2017-07-10 17:44:37 +0200
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treeef14921a0d84b21ac2b32a9c2ff6e98f6d626846 /site/docs/install-ubuntu.md
parent45d1c3754883d002e9880644a63c0d07390465a5 (diff)
Allow Debian package to be installed alongside JDK 9
Update the documentation to instruct explicitly installing JDK 8. Fixes #3147 Change-Id: If92ff93b095bead043c9b069e000b7afbc0abca0 PiperOrigin-RevId: 161387193
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@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ title: Installing Bazel on Ubuntu
Supported Ubuntu Linux platforms:
* 16.04 (LTS)
-* 15.10
* 14.04 (LTS)
Install Bazel on Ubuntu using one of the following methods:
@@ -24,9 +23,24 @@ Bazel comes with two completion scripts. After installing Bazel, you can:
## <a name="install-on-ubuntu"></a> Using Bazel custom APT repository (recommended)
-### 1. Add Bazel distribution URI as a package source (one time setup)
+### 1. Install JDK 8
+Install JDK 8 by using:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
+```
+
+On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS you'll have to use a PPA:
+
+```bash
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
```
+
+### 2. Add Bazel distribution URI as a package source (one time setup)
+
+```bash
echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable jdk1.8" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list
curl https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
```
@@ -34,7 +48,7 @@ curl https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
If you want to install the testing version of Bazel, replace `stable` with
`testing`.
-### 2. Install and update Bazel
+### 3. Install and update Bazel
```bash
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install bazel
@@ -55,7 +69,7 @@ libraries must also be installed for Bazel to work.
### 1. Install required packages
-```
+```bash
sudo apt-get install pkg-config zip g++ zlib1g-dev unzip
```