Building this Release from Source

Build instructions differ slightly for Unix and Windows platforms. All platforms require a Java installation, with JDK 1.8 or more recent version.

Build from Source on Unix

Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. For example:
```
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_60
export JAVA_HOME
```
Download the project source from the Releases page at [Apache Geode (incubating)] (http://geode.incubator.apache.org), and unpack the source code.
Within the directory containing the unpacked source code, build without the tests:
```
$ ./gradlew build -Dskip.tests=true
```

Or, build with the tests:

```
$ ./gradlew build
```

The built binaries will be in geode-assembly/build/distributions/, or the gfsh script can be found in geode-assembly/build/install/apache-geode/bin/. 4. Verify the installation by invoking gfsh to print version information and exit:

```
$ gfsh version
v1.0.0-incubating
```

Build from Source on Windows

Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. For example:

$ set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60"

Install Gradle, version 2.12 or a more recent version.
Download the project source from the Releases page at [Apache Geode (incubating)] (http://geode.incubator.apache.org), and unpack the source code.
Within the folder containing the unpacked source code, build without the tests:
```
$ gradle build -Dskip.test=true
```

Or, build with the tests:

```
$ gradle build
```

The built binaries will be in geode-assembly\build\distributions\, or the gfsh.bat script can be found in geode-assembly\build\install\apache-geode\bin\. 4. Verify the installation by invoking gfsh to print version information and exit:

```
$ gfsh.bat version
v1.0.0-incubating
```