BUILDNOTES.md

Build InfluxDB

• InfluxDB is written in Go and will require the go compiler be installed.
• Optional documentation will require asciidoc to be installed
• Generic build instructions are sufficient.
• See Contributing to InfluxDB for additional build detail.

Quick Start

1. (Optional) To include man pages ensure build dependencies are installed.

• pkg install xmlto data/docbook

2. export GOPATH=~/go
3. export PATH=/opt/go/bin:/opt/asciidoc/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

• Eliminate /opt/asciidoc/bin if man pages not desired.

2. go get github.com/influxdata/influxdb
3. cd ~/go/src/github.com/influxdata/influxdb
4. go get ./...
5. go install -ldflags="-X main.version=$(git describe --always --tags) -X main.branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) -X main.commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD) -X main.buildTime=$(date -u +%FT%T%z)" ./...
6. (Optional) Build documentation
7. cd man
8. make DESTDIR=~/pkg/InfluxDB/Proto.dist/dist/ install
9. cp ~/go/bin/influx* ~/pkg/InfluxDB/Proto.dist/dist/bin
10. cp ~/go/src/github.com/influxdata/influxdb/LICENSE ~/pkg/InfluxDB/Proto.dist/dist
11. cd ~/pkg/InfluxDB/Build
12. gmake
13. gmake pkglint
14. gmake publish