Buck

Buck is a build tool. To see what Buck can do for you, check out the documentation at http://buckbuild.com/.

Installation

First, clone the Buck repository:

git clone https://github.com/facebook/buck.git
cd buck

Since Buck is used to build Buck, the initial build process invovles 2 phases:

1. Bootstrap Buck with ant

git clone https://github.com/facebook/buck.git
cd buck
ant

2. Use bootstrapped version of Buck to build Buck:

./bin/buck build --show-output buck
# output will contain something like
# //programs:buck buck-out/gen/programs/buck.pex
buck-out/gen/programs/buck.pex --help

Prebuilt buck binaries

Pre-built binaries of buck for any buck sha can be downloaded from https://jitpack.io/com/github/facebook/buck/<sha>/buck-<sha>.pex. The very first time a version of buck is requested, it is built via jitpack. Every subsequent request will just serve the built artifact directly. This functionality is available for any forks of buck as well, so one can fetch https://jitpack.io/com/github/<github-user-or-org>/buck/<sha>/buck-<sha>.pex

License

Apache License 2.0