Bazel: comple error [solved]

[AntonyM55]

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build bazel-0.4.1 first,

$git checkout 0.4.1
$./compile.sh
copy output/bazel to bin path
$git checkout 0.4.4
$bazel build //src:bazel (use this,not use ./compile.sh)

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$ tar zxfv bazel-0.4.4.tar.gz
$ cd bazel-0.4.4/
$./compile.sh

If possible, provide a minimal example to reproduce the problem:

INFO: You can skip this first step by providing a path to the bazel binary as second argument:
INFO: ./compile.sh compile /path/to/bazel
🍃 Building Bazel from scratch
ERROR: Must specify PROTOC if not bootstrapping from the distribution artifact

Environment info

• Operating System:
  Distributor ID: CentOS
  Description: CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)

• Bazel version (output of bazel info release):
  0.4.4

• If bazel info release returns "development version" or "(@non-git)", please tell us what source tree you compiled Bazel from; git commit hash is appreciated (git rev-parse HEAD):

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web? (e.g. GitHub issues, email threads in the [email protected] archive)

Acrroding to this page
https://bazel.build/designs/2016/10/11/distribution-artifact.html
I set PROTOC
$export PROTOC=/usr/local/bin/protoc
$./compile.sh
INFO: You can skip this first step by providing a path to the bazel binary as second argument:
INFO: ./compile.sh compile /path/to/bazel
🍃 Building Bazel from scratch
ERROR: Must specify GRPC_JAVA_PLUGIN if not bootstrapping from the distribution artifact

I don't know how to set "GRPC_JAVA_PLUGIN", and it not found @ distribution-artifact.html

Anything else, information or logs or outputs that would be helpful?

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[kchodorow]

This should probably be documented.

[chemelnucfin]

worked for me, except after 0.4.1 I had to repeat with 0.4.2
(fedora 25)

[aehlig]

This should probably be documented.

Our documentation[1] explicitly tells to download a distribution artefact; nowhere
it says to run compile.sh on a random checkout or sources-only tar archive. Also,
the error message has been significantly extended in 967a0a338e05fca60b437c36a52b31eaf706bea8.

So I fail to see the need for more documentation.

[1] https://bazel.build/versions/master/docs/install.html#compiling-from-source

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[qiaohaijun]

I met the same issue,

[ittaiz]

Klaus,
I agree it's documented but I think it might be somewhat hidden. Maybe this
should be highlighted better (not sure where) since it's very typical in
the OSS to checkout a project and try to build it intuitively (like using
compile.sh).
Wdyt about renaming compile.sh?
Also- Does the error message link to the above page in the site? If not
maybe it should
On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 at 12:25 qiao hai-jun [e-mail] wrote:

I met the same issue,

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[asagjj]

So how can I set "GRPC_JAVA_PLUGIN"?...

[SanjunLiu]

ERROR: Must specify GRPC_JAVA_PLUGIN if not bootstrapping from the distribution artifact. How can i do?

[wangweiye]

go to download grpc-java https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java
then build it

[DlisKeepOnGoing]

So how can I solve the problem? "ERROR: Must specify GRPC_JAVA_PLUGIN if not bootstrapping from the distribution artifact"

[wotchin]

For this error, you must install protocol buffer c++ first, you have finished.
Second, you must choose the bazel-xxx-dist.zip package to compile, this includes third-party dependencies.
such as bazel-0.23.2-dist.zip, you can download it here:

https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases