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layout: docs title: Building ORC permalink: /docs/building.html dockerUrl: https://github.com/apache/orc/blob/master/docker

Building both C++ and Java

The C++ library is supported on the following operating systems:

• CentOS 6 or 7
• Debian 8 or 9
• MacOS 10.10 to 10.13
• Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, or 18.04

You'll want to install the usual set of developer tools, but at least:

• cmake
• g++ or clang++
• java ( >= 1.8)
• make
• maven ( >= 3)

For each version of Linux, please check the corresponding Dockerfile, which is in the docker subdirectory, for the list of packages required to build ORC:

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To build a normal release:

% mkdir build
% cd build
% cmake ..
% make package test-out

ORC's C++ build supports three build types, which are controlled by adding -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<type> to the cmake command.

• RELWITHDEBINFO (default) - Optimized with debug information
• DEBUG - Unoptimized with debug information
• RELEASE - Optimized with no debug information

If your make command fails, it is useful to see the actual commands that make is invoking:

% make package test-out VERBOSE=1

Building just Java

You'll need to install:

• java (>= 1.7)
• maven (>= 3)

To build:

% cd java
% mvn package

Building just C++

% mkdir build
% cd build
% cmake .. -DBUILD_JAVA=OFF
% make package test-out

Specify third-party libraries for C++ build

% mkdir build
% cd build
% cmake .. -DSNAPPY_HOME=<PATH> \
           -DZLIB_HOME=<PATH> \
           -DLZ4_HOME=<PATH> \
           -DGTEST_HOME=<PATH> \
           -DPROTOBUF_HOME=<PATH>
% make package test-out