Supported Ubuntu Linux platforms:
16.04 (LTS)
14.04 (LTS)
Install Bazel on Ubuntu using one of the following methods:
Use our custom APT repository (recommended)
Use the binary installer
Compile Bazel from source
Bazel comes with two completion scripts. After installing Bazel, you can:
access the bash completion script
install the zsh completion script
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS you’ll have to use a PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable jdk1.8" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list
curl https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
If you want to install the testing version of Bazel, replace stable with testing.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install bazel
Once installed, you can upgrade to a newer version of Bazel with:
sudo apt-get upgrade bazel
The binary installers are on Bazel’s GitHub releases page.
The installer contains the Bazel binary and the required JDK. Some additional libraries must also be installed for Bazel to work.
sudo apt-get install pkg-config zip g++ zlib1g-dev unzip python
Note: In the installer file names listed in this document, replace with the appropriate Bazel version number.
Go to Bazel’s GitHub releases page.
Download the binary installer bazel--installer-linux-x86_64.sh. This installer contains the Bazel binary and the required JDK, and can be used even if JDK is already installed.
Note that bazel--without-jdk-installer-linux-x86_64.sh also exists. It is a version without embedded JDK 8. Only use this installer if you already have JDK 8 installed.
Run the installer:
chmod +x bazel-<version>-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
./bazel-<version>-installer-linux-x86_64.sh --user
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"