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---
layout: documentation
title: Compile Bazel from Source
---
# <a name="compiling-from-source"></a>Compile Bazel from source
## <a name="unix"></a> On Linux or macOS
1. Ensure that you have OpenJDK 8 installed on your system.
For a system based on debian packages (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu), install
OpenJDK 8 by running the command `sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk`.
2. The standard way of compiling a release version of Bazel from source is to
use a distribution archive. Download `bazel-<VERSION>-dist.zip` from the
[release page](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases) for the desired
version. We recommend to also verify the signature made by our
[release key](https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg) 48457EE0.
The distribution archive also contains generated files in addition to the
versioned sources, so this step _cannot_ be short cut by using a checkout
of the source tree.
3. Unzip the archive and call `bash ./compile.sh`; this will create a bazel
binary in `output/bazel`. This binary is self-contained, so it can be copied
to a directory on the PATH (such as `/usr/local/bin`) or used in-place.
## <a name="windows"></a> On Windows
Windows support is in beta. Known issues are [marked with label
"Windows"](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22category%3A+multi-platform+%3E+windows%22)
on github issues.
Prerequisites:
* Follow the [Windows requirements](windows.md#requirements).
* Install [Visual C++ Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools)
or the full [Visual C++](https://www.visualstudio.com/) (as part of Visual
Studio; Community Edition is fine) with Windows SDK installed.
To build Bazel on Windows:
* Open the msys2 shell.
* Clone the [Bazel git repository](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel) as normal.
* Run ``compile.sh`` in Bazel directory.
* If all works fine, Bazel will be built at ``output\bazel.exe``.
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