Building Scala from the source code is an rather simple process. TheAnt tool is used to control the build process of the entire Scala distribution: you can use any platform that supportsJava to build Scala and to contribute to the development of the Scala platform. You need to have a full install of Ant on your machine; if you use Ubuntu, you may need to install the package "ant-optional".

Let's build it !

A machine with at least 1 GB of physical memory is strongly recommended. To build Scala, just type in the following command

$ ant

Let's test it !

You can run the Scala test suite by issuing the following command:

$ ant test

If all tests complete successfully, you're in business: you can start using your newly build Scala system, and you can also start participating in thedevelopment of the Scala language.

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