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Building From Source
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This guide will walk you through the process of building Bitsquare from source.
> _**NOTE:** For most users, building from source is not necessary. See the [releases page](https://github.com/bitsquare/bitsquare/releases), where you'll find installers for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X._
For the impatient
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What follows is explained in detail in the sections below, but for those who know their way around Java, git and Maven, here are the instructions in a nutshell:
$ javac -version
javac 1.8.0_20 # must be 1.8.0_20 or better
$ git clone https://github.com/bitsquare/bitsquare.git
$ cd bitsquare
$ mvn package
When the build completes, you will find an excutable jar: `gui/target/shaded.jar`.
To run it use:
$ java -jar gui/target/shaded.jar
To build the binary needs a bit more preparation as we use [UpdateFX](https://github.com/vinumeris/updatefx) for automatic updates.
You can find more information in the build scripts under package.
Prerequisites
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The only prerequisite for building Bitsquare is installing the Java Development Kit (JDK), version 8u20 or better.
To check the version of Java you currently have installed:
$ javac -version
javac 1.8.0_20
If `javac` is not found, or your version is anything less than `1.8.0_20`, then you'll need to [download and install the latest JDK]( http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html) for your platform.
> _**TIP:** Here are [instructions](http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/how-to-install-oracle-java-8-in-debian.html) for installing the JDK via `apt` on Debian/Ubuntu systems._
Steps
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### 1. Get the source
The preferred approach is to clone the Bitsquare repository using [git](http://www.git-scm.com/):
git clone https://github.com/bitsquare/bitsquare.git
However, if you're not familiar with git or it is otherwise inconvenient to use, you can also download and extract a zip file of the latest sources at https://github.com/bitsquare/bitsquare/archive/master.zip.
### 2. Build jar
Bitsquare uses maven as a build system.
$ cd bitsquare
$ mvn package
### 3. Run
When the build completes, you will find an excutable jar: `gui/target/shaded.jar`.
To run it use:
$ java -jar gui/target/shaded.jar
Problems?
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If the instructions above don't work for you, please [raise an issue](https://github.com/bitsquare/bitsquare/issues/new?labels=%5Bbuild%5D). Thanks!