Installation

Pre-requisites

Before installing BuildCLI, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Git
• Java Development Kit (JDK)
• Apache Maven

BuildCLI is a command-line interface (CLI) tool for managing and automating common tasks in Java project development. It allows you to create, compile, manage dependencies, and run Java projects directly from the terminal, simplifying the development process.

Install from source

Windows

@echo off
setlocal
git clone https://github.com/BuildCLI/BuildCLI.git
cd BuildCLI
mvn clean package
if not exist "%USERPROFILE%\bin" mkdir "%USERPROFILE%\bin"
copy /Y cli\target\buildcli.jar "%USERPROFILE%\bin\buildcli.jar"
(
 echo @echo off
 echo java --enable-preview --add-modules jdk.incubator.vector -jar "%%USERPROFILE%%\bin\buildcli.jar"
) > "%USERPROFILE%\bin\buildcli.bat"
echo %PATH% | findstr /I "%USERPROFILE%\bin" >nul || (
 setx PATH "%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\bin"
)
endlocal

Linux

git clone https://github.com/BuildCLI/BuildCLI.git 
cd BuildCLI
mvn clean package
mkdir -p "$HOME/bin"
cp cli/target/buildcli.jar "$HOME/bin/"
cat <<EOF > "$HOME/bin/buildcli"
#!/bin/bash
java -jar "\$HOME/bin/buildcli.jar" "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x "$HOME/bin/buildcli"
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Mac

git clone https://github.com/BuildCLI/BuildCLI.git 
cd BuildCLI
mvn clean package
mkdir -p "$HOME/bin"
cp cli/target/buildcli.jar "$HOME/bin/"
cat <<EOF > "$HOME/bin/buildcli"
#!/bin/bash
java -jar "\$HOME/bin/buildcli.jar" "\$@"
EOF
chmod +x "$HOME/bin/buildcli"
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Now BuildCLI is ready to use. Test the buildcli command in the terminal.