Install Bazel on Ubuntu

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

Using Bazel custom APT repository (recommended)

1. Install JDK 8

Install JDK 8 by using:

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

2. Add Bazel distribution URI as a package source (one time setup)

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.

3. Install and update Bazel

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