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diff --git a/site/docs/install-compile-source.md b/site/docs/install-compile-source.md index 8bdb85a4be..b602f11c32 100644 --- a/site/docs/install-compile-source.md +++ b/site/docs/install-compile-source.md @@ -9,21 +9,30 @@ You can build Bazel from source without using an existing Bazel binary. ### 1. Install the prerequisites -#### Debian-based Unix systems +#### Unix-like systems + +Ensure you have installed: + +* **Bash** -To compile Bazel on Debian-based systems such as Ubuntu or Debian, ensure that -JDK 8, Python, bash, zip, and the usual C++ build toolchain components are -installed on your system. +* **zip, unzip** -For example, you can install them using the following command: +* **C++ build toolchain** + +* **JDK 8.** You must install version 8 of the JDK. Versions other than 8 are + *not* supported. + +* **Python**. Versions 2 and 3 are supported. + +For example on Ubuntu Linux you can install these requirements using the following command: ```sh -sudo apt-get install build-essential openjdk-8-jdk python zip +sudo apt-get install build-essential openjdk-8-jdk python zip unzip ``` #### Windows -To compile Bazel on Windows, install the following supporting software: +Ensure you have installed: * [MSYS2 shell](https://msys2.github.io/) @@ -41,10 +50,10 @@ To compile Bazel on Windows, install the following supporting software: *not* supported. * **Python**. Versions 2 and 3 are supported. You *must* install the - Windows-native version (downloadable from https://www.python.org). Versions - installed via pacman in MSYS2 will not work. + Windows-native version (downloadable from [https://www.python.org](https://www.python.org)). + Versions installed via pacman in MSYS2 will not work. -### 2. Download and unpack Bazel's distribution archive. +### 2. Download and unpack Bazel's distribution archive Download `bazel-<version>-dist.zip` from the [release page](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases). @@ -58,7 +67,7 @@ The distribution archive contains generated files in addition to the versioned s #### Unix-like systems -On Unix-like systems such as Ubuntu or macOS, do the following: +On Unix-like systems such as Ubuntu Linux or macOS, do the following: 1. Open a shell or Terminal window. @@ -75,37 +84,31 @@ Bazel binary, without an embedded JDK. You can copy it to a directory in the 1. Open the MSYS2 shell. 2. Set the following environment variables: - * `BAZEL_VS` or `BAZEL_VC`: Set to the path to the Visual Studio directory or to the Visual C++ directory, respectively. Setting one of them is enough. - * `BAZEL_SH`: Set to the path of the MSYS2 `bash.exe`. Do not set this to `C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe`. (You have that file if you installed Windows Subsystem for Linux.) Bazel does not support this version of `bash.exe`. - * `PATH`: Add the Python directory. - * `JAVA_HOME`: Set to the JDK directory. For example: - ```sh - export BAZEL_VS="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/BuildTools" - export BAZEL_SH="C:/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe" - export PATH="/c/python27:$PATH" - export JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_112" - ``` + + export BAZEL_VS="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/BuildTools" + export BAZEL_SH="C:/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe" + export PATH="/c/python27:$PATH" + export JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_112" + or - ```sh - export BAZEL_VC="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/BuildTools/VC" - export BAZEL_SH="c:/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe" - export PATH="/c/python27:$PATH" - export JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_112" - ``` + export BAZEL_VC="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/BuildTools/VC" + export BAZEL_SH="c:/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe" + export PATH="/c/python27:$PATH" + export JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_112" 3. Change into the directory where you unpacked the distribution archive. |