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Building eXist-db from Source

eXist-db itself is written in Java 17. The build system is Apache Maven. If you're not familiar with Git, we recommend this excellent online interactive tutorial.

To build eXist-db:

  • Checkout the Git Repository
  • Execute a Maven to compile eXist-db
$ git clone https://github.com/eXist-db/exist.git
$ cd exist
$ git checkout master
$ mvn -DskipTests package

From here, you now have a compiled version of eXist-db in the exist-distribution/target folder that you may use just as you would an installed version of eXist-db. An installer is also build and present uin exist-installer/target for easy installation elsewhere.

Useful build switches:

  • -Ddocker=true : builds the docker image
  • -DskipTests : skips running tests
  • -Ddependency-check.skip=true : skips validating dependencies

Further build options can be found at: eXist-db Build Documentation.

NOTE: In the above example, we switched the current (checked-out) branch from develop to master. We use the GitFlow for eXist-db process:

  • develop is the current (and stable) work-in-progress (the next release)
  • master is the latest release The choice of which to use is up to you.