Tools needed

• Git
• JDK 1.6.0
• Apache Maven
• NodeJS
• Brunch (to install it, run the following command after NodeJS is installed):

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  $ npm install -g brunch

Checking out Ambari source

The following uses the Ambari git repository for the development process. Please keep in mind that the git repository is read only and patches will have to be uploaded and committed via svn.

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We'll refer to the top-level "ambari" directory as AMBARI_DIR in this document.

Tools needed to build Ambari

• JDK 1.6.0
• Apache Maven
• Python 2.6
• Python setuptools - Download and run:

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  sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg

• NodeJS
• Brunch (to install it, run the following command after NodeJS is installed):

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  npm install -g brunch

Building Ambari

After checking out Ambari, you can build Ambari with the steps below:

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