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diff --git a/site/docs/install-compile-source.md b/site/docs/install-compile-source.md index 7bea209861..9cf1c6e1d9 100644 --- a/site/docs/install-compile-source.md +++ b/site/docs/install-compile-source.md @@ -50,19 +50,24 @@ Ensure you have installed: * **JDK 8.** You must install version 8 of the JDK. Versions other than 8 are *not* supported. -* **Python**. Versions 2 and 3 are supported. You *must* install the +* **Python**. Versions 2 and 3 are supported. You need the 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 source files (distribution archive) -Download `bazel-<version>-dist.zip` from the [release page](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases). +Download `bazel-<version>-dist.zip` from [GitHub](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases), +e.g. `bazel-0.15.2-dist.zip`. **Note:** There is a **single, architecture-independent** distribution archive. There are no architecture-specific or OS-specific distribution archives. -We recommend to also verify the signature made by our [release key](https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg) 48457EE0. +**Note:** You have to use the distribution archive to build Bazel from source. +You cannot use a source tree cloned from GitHub. (The distribution archive +contains generated source files that are required for bootstrapping and are not +part of the normal Git source tree.) -The distribution archive contains generated files in addition to the versioned sources, so this step _cannot_ be short cut by checking out the source tree. +We recommend to also verify the signature made by our +[release key](https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg) 48457EE0. ### 3. Bootstrap Bazel @@ -88,7 +93,8 @@ Bazel binary, without an embedded JDK. You can copy it to a directory in the * Either `BAZEL_VS` or `BAZEL_VC` (they are *not* the same): Set to the path to the Visual Studio directory (BAZEL\_V<b>S</b>) or to the Visual C++ directory (BAZEL\_V<b>C</b>). Setting one of them is enough. - * `BAZEL_SH`: Set to the path of the MSYS2 `bash.exe`. + * `BAZEL_SH`: Path of the MSYS2 `bash.exe`. See the command in the + examples below. 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 @@ -99,15 +105,14 @@ Bazel binary, without an embedded JDK. You can copy it to a directory in the For example (using BAZEL\_V<b>S</b>): export BAZEL_VS="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/BuildTools" - export BAZEL_SH="C:/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe" + export BAZEL_SH="$(cygpath -m $(realpath $(which bash)))" export PATH="/c/python27:$PATH" export JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_112" - or (using BAZEL\_V<b>C</b>): export BAZEL_VC="C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/BuildTools/VC" - export BAZEL_SH="c:/msys64/usr/bin/bash.exe" + export BAZEL_SH="$(cygpath -m $(realpath $(which bash)))" export PATH="/c/python27:$PATH" export JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_112" |