THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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With JDK 1.8 or a more recent version installed, obtain the source archive from Geode's Github. Extract and build from source:
$ cd incubator-geode
set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the JDK installation.
Install Gradle, version 2.3 or a more recent version.
Obtain and unpack the source from the Releases page at http://geode.incubator.apache.org/. Within the directory containing the unpacked source:
$ gradle$ ./gradlew build installDist -Dskip.tests=true
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Start a locator and server:
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