Bazel is a powerful build system for software development, which is used in large open-source projects such as TensorFlow, Kubernetes, and many more. If you're a developer and looking to install Bazel on your MXLinux Latest system, this tutorial will guide you through the whole process.
Before we can begin installing Bazel, we need to install some essential dependencies. Open a terminal window and execute the following command:
sudo apt-get install pkg-config zip g++ zlib1g-dev unzip python3
This command will install some essential packages such as pkg-config, zip, g++, zlib1g-dev, unzip, and python3 required to install Bazel and its dependencies.
Bazel requires a JDK (Java Development Kit) to compile and run. We'll install OpenJDK 11, which is the recommended version for Bazel. Execute the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk
This command will install OpenJDK 11 and its required dependencies.
Now it's time to download Bazel. Head over to the official Bazel website at http://www.bazel.io/ and download the latest version of Bazel for Linux. The latest version of Bazel at the time of writing this tutorial is 4.2.0.
You can download the Bazel binary by executing the following command in the terminal:
curl -OL https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/4.2.0/bazel-4.2.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
This command will download the Bazel installer script to your current working directory.
After downloading the Bazel installer script, execute the following commands one by one to install Bazel:
chmod +x bazel-4.2.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
./bazel-4.2.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh --user
The first command makes the installer script executable, and the second command runs the installer script with the --user option, which installs Bazel locally for the current user.
After installing Bazel, verify the installation by running the following command in the terminal:
~/bin/bazel version
This command will display the version of Bazel you just installed.
That's it! You have successfully installed Bazel on your MXLinux Latest system. You can now use Bazel to build your software projects or contribute to large open-source projects that use Bazel as their build system.
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