Build from source using Maven

Dependencies and requirements

  • Linux or macOS. Windows support in progress.
  • Python. 2.7 or 3.2+
  • Maven 3.3.9+
  • JDK 8. Newer versions of JDK are not supported yet.
  • SWIG 4.0.2+

Building steps

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/catboost/catboost.git

  2. Go to the catboost/catboost/spark/catboost4j-spark directory from the local copy of the CatBoost repository.

  3. Run python ./generate_projects/generate.py to generate Maven projects for all supported Spark and Scala versions combinations.

  4. Go to the sub-directories ./projects/spark_<spark_compat_version>_<scala_compat_version> for spark_compat_version and scala_compat_version you are interested in.

  5. Use the usual maven build phases in these directories.

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