# Building Jalview from Source
+## tl;dr
+
+```
+# download
+git clone http://source.jalview.org/git/jalview.git
+#compile
+cd jalview
+gradle getdown
+# run
+cd getdown/files/11
+java -jar gradle-launcher.jar . jalview
+```
+
+
## What you will need
The method here is described in terms of using a command line. You can easily do this on linux or in a Terminal window in macOS. You can do it in Windows.
-and then you can build the Jalview jar file using gradle.
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+and then you can build the Jalview jar file using gradle.