Clarify bootstrap process.

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Phil Hagelberg 2010-10-05 20:23:01 -07:00
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## Building
Generally a <tt>lein self-install</tt> will get you what you need.
Occasionally this will fail for very new SNAPSHOT versions since the
standalone jar will not have been uploaded yet.
You don't need to "build" Leiningen per se, but when you're using a
checkout you will need to get its dependencies in place. If you have a
copy of an older Leiningen version around (installed as lein-stable,
for example), then you can run "lein-stable deps" in your checkout.
If you have a copy of an older Leiningen version around (installed as
lein-stable, for example), then you can run "lein-stable deps" in your
checkout.
Alternatively a <tt>lein self-install</tt> will usually get you what
you need. However, this will occasionally fail for very new SNAPSHOT
versions since the standalone jar will not have been uploaded yet.
Otherwise you can use Maven:
You can also use Maven, just for variety's sake:
$ mvn dependency:copy-dependencies
$ mv target/dependency lib